# Acupuncture for Postoperative Urinary Retention After Hemorrhoidectomy: a Randomized Controlled Trial

> **NCT05898919** · PHASE2 · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine** · enrollment: 92 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Postoperative Complications
- Postoperative Urinary Retention

## Interventions

- **OTHER:** Acupuncture
- **OTHER:** Sham acupuncture
- **DRUG:** Neostigmine Injectable Product

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT05898919
- **Lead sponsor:** Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** PHASE2
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2022-03-01
- **Primary completion:** 2023-05-25
- **Final completion:** 2023-07-06
- **Target enrollment:** 92 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2023-07-10


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT05898919

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT05898919, "Acupuncture for Postoperative Urinary Retention After Hemorrhoidectomy: a Randomized Controlled Trial". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-07-20 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT05898919. Licensed CC0.

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