Electroacupuncture for the Prevention of Perioperative Neurocognitive Disorder in Older Patients Undergoing General Anesthesia: Protocol for a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Changle Wu   ^{1, 2 *} , MD ;   Xuqiang Wei   ^{1, 2 *} , PhD ;   Ke Wang   ^{1, 2} , PhD ;   Jia Zhou   ^{1, 2} , MD

¹ Acupuncture Anesthesia Clinical Research Institute, Yueyang Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China

² Shanghai Acupuncture Clinical Research Center, Yueyang Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China

*these authors contributed equally