Postoperative analgesic effect of acupotomy combined with patient-controlled analgesia in patients undergoing video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery: a study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Table 1 Trial process chart

Items	Before enrollment -2-1 (weeks)	PACU	Postoperative 1 h	Postoperative 2 h	Postoperative 4 h	Postoperative 8 h	Postoperative 12 h	Postoperative 24 h	Postoperative 48 h	Postoperative 72 h
Inclusion criteria	×
Exclusion criteria	×
Informed consent	×
Randomization and allocation	×
Pain scores (VAS)		×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×
Postoperative requirements for rescue analgesia		×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×
LOS		×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×
BCS		×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×
FAS		×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×
Cumulative amount of self-administered analgesics								×	×	×
Adverse events		×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×
Patients’ satisfaction								×	×	×

ISSN: 1745-6215