Detail information
ID ENCL000171
Year 1988
Disease Myasthenia Gravis, Autoimmune, Experimental
Surgery Thymectomy
Experimental Description In this series of 90 patients, the results of operation under conventional general anesthesia were compared with those under acupuncture anesthesia.
Sample Count 90
Anesthesia Method
AA
Effector It was found that patients in the latter group suffered fewer complications.
Positive
Literature
PMID 2898196
Title Acupuncture anesthesia in thymectomy on myasthenia gravis patients.
Abstract Thymectomy is often successful as treatment for the autoimmune disease myasthenia gravis. One complication of the operation on such patients is respiratory difficulty especially post-operatively, due to interference with the already disturbed transmission of signals along damaged nerve-endings. Acupuncture anesthesia offers a solution to that problem. In this series of 90 patients, the results of operation under conventional general anesthesia were compared with those under acupuncture anesthesia. It was found that patients in the latter group suffered fewer complications."
Souce Acupunct Electrother Res. 1988;13(1):25-30.