A 31-year-old healthy male nurse anesthetist, suffering from chronic tonsillitis, was scheduled for tonsillectomy on April 21, 1972.
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Auxiliary Medication
On the day of the operation, he was given 2 ml of fenta- nyl citrate and droperidol (Innovar), and 0.4 mg of atropine intramuscularly one hour before surgery (routine premedication for tonsillectomy in our hospital). No topical or local infiltration of an anesthetic agent was used.
Induction Method
Electroacupuncture Instrument Model
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20 min
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28-gauge
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Description At 7:40 AM, a sterile, 28-gauge, stainless steel needle was in- serted one half inch subcutaneously on the dorsum of his right arm, three inches above the wrist on the radial side.The skin was prepared with an alcohol sponge. The needle was manipulated up and down for two to three minutes until he experienced a sensation of tingling, warmth, and heaviness spreading away from the site of the needle. This is the point on the meridian running from the thumb to the shoulder, to the throat and the lip, according to the traditional acupuncture charts and books. Another needle was inserted at the corresponding point on the left arm a few minutes later. A similar sensation was obtained. Both needles were kept at the same sites with movement up and down of about one quarter inch magnitude by the acupuncturist for the next 50 minutes. Twenty minutes after the induction of acu- puncture, the otolaryngologist, Dr. Ralph Levin,injected 4 ml of normal saline solution containing adrenalin (1:100,000) to each tonsillar area for hemostasis.
Anesthesia Method
AAA
Clinical Trial Type
Case report
Effector
The postoperative period was uneventful. He experienced some discomfort at swallowing but required no medication for pain. He was discharged the following morning.
