by Heaton Acupuncture | Jun 27, 2023 | Babies, Children, Magnetic Acupuncture, Surgery
Magnetic acupuncture (MA) can be used as a noninvasive technique for reducing post-operative pain in children undergoing laparoscopic appendectomy (LA), report German investigators. A total of 126 children having LA for acute appendicitis were randomised to three...
by Heaton Acupuncture | Nov 8, 2022 | Battlefield Acupuncture (BFA), Surgery
Battlefield acupuncture (BFA) shows potential benefits for reducing pain intensity and opioid requirement in military veteran patients undergoing surgery. American clinicians randomly assigned 72 patients undergoing major surgery under general anesthesia to receive...
by Heaton Acupuncture | Nov 1, 2022 | Electro-Acupuncture, Knee Osteoarthritis, Surgery
Electro-acupuncture (EA) can speed up the healing of bone and surrounding soft tissues after tibial osteotomy, while simultaneously reducing knee joint pain and improving function. Chinese clinicians randomised 50 patients with knee osteoarthritis who had undergone...
by Heaton Acupuncture | Feb 18, 2021 | Acupuncture, Dry Eyes, Post Operative, Surgery
Acupuncture in addition to usual care may improve post-surgical dry eye syndrome, Korean researchers report. A total of 18 patients with dry eye syndrome occurring after refractive surgery received either usual care only, or usual care plus additional acupuncture...
by Heaton Acupuncture | Feb 22, 2018 | Acupuncture, Knee Osteoarthritis, Surgery
A systematic review by American authors has concluded that acupuncture and electrotherapy can reduce opioid consumption after total knee arthroplasty. Thirty-nine randomised trials (2391 patients), which examined the use of various drug-free interventions (passive...
by Heaton Acupuncture | Sep 6, 2016 | Acupuncture, Surgery
Acupuncture beneficial post neck surgery Acupuncture may be useful to patients suffering from neck and shoulder pain following surgical treatment for cervical lymphatic metastases. Italian clinicians randomly assigned 48 patients with chronic pain or dysfunction...
