Chen XZ. The traditional Chinese medicine, electroacupuncture, on enhanced recovery after surgery in the “Healthy China 2030” plan: More robust understanding. World J Gastrointest Surg 2025; 17(6): 106742 [DOI: 10.4240/wjgs.v17.i6.106742]
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Xin-Zu Chen, MD, PhD, Professor, Gastric Cancer Center & Gastric Cancer Laboratory, Department of General Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, No. 37 Guo Xue Xiang, Chengdu 610041, Sichuan Province, China. chenxinzu@scu.edu.cn
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World J Gastrointest Surg. Jun 27, 2025; 17(6): 106742 Published online Jun 27, 2025. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v17.i6.106742
The traditional Chinese medicine, electroacupuncture, on enhanced recovery after surgery in the “Healthy China 2030” plan: More robust understanding
Xin-Zu Chen
Xin-Zu Chen, Gastric Cancer Center & Gastric Cancer Laboratory, Department of General Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, Sichuan Province, China
Author contributions: Chen XZ for the conception and writing.
Supported by Foundation of Science and Technology Department of Sichuan Province, China, No. 23ZDYF0839; Ya’an Philosophic and Social Science Research Plan, No. YAA20240035; and Ya'an Science and Technology Plan of Economic and Social Development (Health Field), Ya’an, China, No. 2024-1.
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Corresponding author: Xin-Zu Chen, MD, PhD, Professor, Gastric Cancer Center & Gastric Cancer Laboratory, Department of General Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, No. 37 Guo Xue Xiang, Chengdu 610041, Sichuan Province, China. chenxinzu@scu.edu.cn
Received: March 6, 2025 Revised: March 23, 2025 Accepted: May 7, 2025 Published online: June 27, 2025 Processing time: 85 Days and 21.2 Hours
Abstract
In 2016, the outline for “Healthy China 2030” plan was issued, and it put forward clear requirements for vigorously inheriting and developing traditional Chinese medicine, which should be an important part of the domestic healthcare system. Electroacupuncture, as a complementary therapy, has significant efficacy and potential in the field of enhanced recovery after surgery based on current available evidence. Despite some challenges, electroacupuncture is expected to play a greater role in healthcare practice through policy support and technological innovation in the future under the “Healthy China 2030” plan.
Core Tip: A multicenter randomized controlled trial evaluated electroacupuncture for postoperative early rehabilitation following laparoscopic gastrectomy for gastric cancer, which was published in Gastroenterology. This trial found that electroacupuncture was effective in improving enhanced recovery after surgery. Despite some challenges, we believe that electroacupuncture is expected to play a greater role in healthcare practice through policy support and technological innovation in the future of the “Healthy China 2030” plan.
