Introduction
postoperative pulmonary complications, ALI, lung injury, Acupuncture, lung cancer, acute lung injury, myocardial ischemia-reperfusion
LUNG CANCER, OXIDATIVE STRESS
One-lung ventilation (OLV) has allowed increasingly complex thoracic surgery and is a de facto indispensability with the increased use of minimally invasive techniques. Nevertheless, as a kind of nonphysiological ventilation mode, OLV has been viewed as a risk factor for acute lung injury (ALI) and is known to be associated with postoperative pulmonary complications [Acupuncture therapy is the treasure of Chinese medicine, which has been widely employed in China, Japan and South Korea. Currently, acupuncture therapy mainly includes acupuncture, electroacupuncture, and transcutaneous electrical acupoint stimulation (TEAS). Previous study showed that acupuncture could protect against myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury through inhibiting oxidative stress in rats [Therefore, we conducted this study to explore the effect of TEAS on oxidative lung injury during one-lung ventilation, lung function, and postoperative quality of recovery in patients with lung cancer undergoing thoracoscopic surgery.