Effect of warm acupuncture and acupoint massage on postoperative gastrointestinal function in gastric cancer surgery patients: A meta-analysis

Table 1 General information of included studies

Ref.	Research type	Sample size		Age (mean ± SD, year)		Male/female		Surgical methods		Research period
		Observation	Control	Observation	Control	Observation	Control	Observation	Control
Chen[19], 2021	RCT	35	35	63.57 ± 2.18	63.51 ± 2.12	18/17	19/16	11 cases of proximal gastrectomy, 9 cases of total gastrectomy, and 15 cases of distal gastrectomy	12 cases of proximal gastrectomy, 8 cases of total gastrectomy, and 15 cases of distal gastrectomy	January 2020 to January 2021
Bi et al[20], 2024	RCT	33	33	56.04 ± 7.11	55.73 ± 7.09	12/21	18/15	12 cases of distal gastrectomy + gastrojejunostomy, and 21 cases of proximal gastrectomy + esophagogastrostomy	14 cases of distal gastrectomy + gastrojejunostomy, and 19 cases of proximal gastrectomy + esophagogastrostomy	October 2020 to June 2021
Zhao and Sun[21], 2024	RCT	58	57	60.37 ± 5.7	60.09 ± 5.81	37/21	35/22	23 cases of proximal gastrectomy, and 34 cases of distal gastrectomy	26 cases of proximal gastrectomy, and 32 cases of distal gastrectomy	June 2020 to August 2022
Wu et al[22], 2021	RCT	49	49	56.43 ± 10.01	60.09 ± 5.81	28/21	27/22	35 cases of open surgery, and 14 cases of laparoscopic surgery	38 cases of open surgery, and 11 cases of laparoscopic surgery	April 2018 to November 2019
Li and Zhu[23], 2023	RCT	29	30	61.9 ± 11.8	62.6 ± 12.8	12/17	12/18	29 cases of radical gastrectomy	30 cases of radical gastrectomy	September 2020 to September 2022
Yuan et al[24], 2021	RCT	41	41	55.65 ± 7.49	55.69 ± 7.42	25/16	27/14	41 cases of radical gastrectomy	41 cases of radical gastrectomy	June 2017 to June 2019
Kang et al[25], 2021	RCT	54	54	18-75	18-75	/	/	/	/	June 2019 to January 2021
Liu and Xu[26], 2022	RCT	48	48	63.86 ± 7.73	63.18 ± 7.68	28/20	31/17	29 cases of distal gastrectomy + gastrojejunostomy, and 19 cases of proximal gastrectomy + esophagogastrostomy	31 cases of distal gastrectomy + gastrojejunostomy, and 17 cases of proximal gastrectomy + esophagogastrostomy	January 2019 to July 2021

RCT: Randomized controlled trial.