Noninvasive Bioelectronic Treatment of Postcesarean Pain: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

Importance: Improved strategies are needed to decrease opioid use after cesarean delivery but still adequately control postoperative pain. Although transcutaneous electrical stimulation devices have proven effective for pain control after other surgical procedures, they have not been tested as part of a multimodal analgesic protocol after cesarean delivery, the most common surgical procedure in the United States.

Objective: To determine whether treatment with a noninvasive high-frequency electrical stimulation device decreases opioid use and pain after cesarean delivery.