Abstract:
Abstract
Background: Acupuncture is a therapeutic method that comes from China and is based on the meridian’s theory.
Many analgesic drugs used for postoperative pain have a number of side effects. Acupuncture claims to develop a maximum therapeutic effect with reduced side effects.
Material and methods: Individualized set of acupuncture needles; visual analogical-scale; tonometer; thermometer;
questionnaire for evaluation of postoperative pain management; questionnaire for assessing the patient satisfaction about acute postoperative pain management; informed consent of the patient included in the study. The study included 14
patients who underwent a microsurgical intervention on the hand (amputation of two fingers). They were divided into
two. Patients of the first group received 3 sessions of acupuncture and Baralgin. Those in the second group followed only
promedol. Patients were evaluated according to objective and subjective criteria: visual-analogical scale (VAS), personal
convenience, blood pressure, temperature, respiratory rate, heart rate.
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Results: Patients who received acupuncture showed normalization of objective and subjective indicators and the
absence of any adverse effects.
Conclusions: 1. Acupuncture is a method of therapy based on stimulation of acupoints that frequently correspond
to nerve formations; 2. The analgesic effect of acupuncture allow the exclusion of opioid analgesics and use of minor analgesics for postoperative pain management; 3. Acupuncture in combination with minor analgesics provides postoperative
pain soothing and early improving of objective indicators.
Description:
Catedra de anatomie topografică şi chirurgie operatorie, Universitatea de Stat de Medicină și Farmacie ”Nicolae Testemițanu”, Chișinău, Republica Moldova, Conferința Ştiinţifică Internaţională ”Probleme actuale ale morfologiei” dedicată celor 70 de ani de la fondarea Universității de Stat de Medicină și Farmacie „Nicolae Testemiţanu”, Chişinău, 15-16 octombrie 2015
