ICC restoration without the use of EA has been reported in a number of situations - - after intestinal transection and anastomosis [35], when blockade of c-Kit is removed [14], and in the partially obstructed small intestine [36], But no previous studies of the effect of EA on ICC number or function in partial bowel obstruction have been reported. The gene discussed is KIT; the disease is intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma.