Pain Management Following Total Hip Arthroplasty With Percutaneous Auricular Stimulation (Neuromodulation): A Randomized, Double-Masked, Sham-Controlled Pilot Study.

Ilfeld BM, Said ET, Alexander BS, Ball ST, Abdullah B, Jensen EJ, Schaar A, Finneran JJ

DOI: 10.7759/cureus.78920
Published: 2025 Feb
Container: Cureus
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@article{allodium:10.7759/cureus.78920,
  title = {Pain Management Following Total Hip Arthroplasty With Percutaneous Auricular Stimulation (Neuromodulation): A Randomized, Double-Masked, Sham-Controlled Pilot Study.},
  author = {Ilfeld BM and Said ET and Alexander BS and Ball ST and Abdullah B and Jensen EJ and Schaar A and Finneran JJ},
  year = {2025},
  journal = {Cureus},
  doi = {10.7759/cureus.78920},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.78920}
}

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TY  - JOUR
TI  - Pain Management Following Total Hip Arthroplasty With Percutaneous Auricular Stimulation (Neuromodulation): A Randomized, Double-Masked, Sham-Controlled Pilot Study.
AU  - Ilfeld BM
AU  - Said ET
AU  - Alexander BS
AU  - Ball ST
AU  - Abdullah B
AU  - Jensen EJ
AU  - Schaar A
AU  - Finneran JJ
PY  - 2025
JO  - Cureus
DO  - 10.7759/cureus.78920
UR  - https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.78920
ER  -

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BM, I., ET, S., BS, A., ST, B., B, A., EJ, J., A, S., & JJ, F. (2025). Pain Management Following Total Hip Arthroplasty With Percutaneous Auricular Stimulation (Neuromodulation): A Randomized, Double-Masked, Sham-Controlled Pilot Study.. Cureus. https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.78920

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