Electroacupuncture Treatment of Post-Operative Pain in Oral Surgery

Autor:	Secondo Scarsella, Giovanni Palattella, Paola Mariani, Alberto Palattella
Rok vydání:	1994
Předmět:	medicine.medical_specialty business.industry Oral surgery Electroacupuncture medicine.medical_treatment General Medicine Surgery Complementary and alternative medicine Anesthesia Acupuncture Medicine Neurology (clinical) business Post operative pain
Zdroj:	Acupuncture in Medicine. 12:75-77
ISSN:	1759-9873 0964-5284
DOI:	10.1136/aim.12.2.75
Popis:	Electroacupuncture was used to relieve pain after oral surgery in 200 patients. They were divided in two groups. One hundred were needled only at the Hegu point, while the remainder were additionally stimulated at tooth specific points related to the area of surgery. Visual analogue pain scores demonstrated a significant relief of pain in both groups, with greater benefit from tooth specific points. Plasma β-endorphin estimations were carried out on pre-operative and post-electroacupuncture samples. A significant rise in β-endorphin levels was noted.
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