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The present study is designed to evaluate the hypothesis that electroacupuncture is an effective treatment of supraventricular arrhythmia and sleep disorders following thoracoscopic lung cancer surgery.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Adult patients scheduled for single-port thoracoscopic lung cancer surgery were randomly assigned to the Electroacupuncture (EA) and control groups. The primary outcome of this trial was the incidence of new-onset supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) including atrial flutter, atrial fibrillation, atrial tachycardia and atrioventricular junctional tachycardia during the first 24\u202fh after surgery.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      The authors analyzed 77 patients (EA, 38; control, 39). The incidence of new-onset SVT was significantly lower in the EA group compared with the control group during the first 24 postoperative hours; 4 (10.5%) vs. 13 (33.3%), respectively,\n                      <jats:italic>p\u202f=<\/jats:italic>\n                      0.02. Patients in the EA group had longer total sleep time (119.0 vs. 209.5,\n                      <jats:italic>p\u202f=<\/jats:italic>\n                      0.02), longer duration of nonrapid eye movement sleep on the first postoperative night (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u202f&amp;lt;\u202f0.05). The awake time was significantly shorter compared with the control group (134.5.0 vs. 225.0,\n                      <jats:italic>p\u202f=<\/jats:italic>\n                      0.01). Dosage of remifentanil and incidence of intraoperative hypotension were significantly reduced in the EA group (911.1 vs. 1095.9,\n                      <jats:italic>p\u202f=<\/jats:italic>\n                      0.01). However, VAS scores after surgery did not differ between groups. In all the patients recruited, adverse effects such as redness, swelling and inflammatory reactions were not observed at the acupuncture site.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The results of this study suggest that perioperative electroacupuncture treatment could be a promising strategy to reduce the incidence of new-onset SVT and improve sleep disturbance in patients undergoing thoracoscopic surgery for lung cancer. This potential impact on future treatments should inspire hope and optimism in the medical community.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Clinical trial registration<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      <jats:uri>https:\/\/www.chictr.org.cn\/indexEN.html<\/jats:uri>\n                      , identifier ChiCTR2300077984.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3389\/fneur.2025.1580759","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,11,20]],"date-time":"2025-11-20T14:54:58Z","timestamp":1763650498000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Effects of electroacupuncture on the incidence of postoperative supraventricular arrhythmia and sleep quality in patients undergoing thoracoscopic surgery: a randomized controlled 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