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Wrist-ankle acupuncture is a type of special acupuncture therapy, featured by simple operation, swift efficiency, and few adverse effects. In the recent years, ankle-wrist acupuncture has become more and more popularized in clinic. By retrieving the relevant medical literatures from VIP, CNKI, and Wan Fang databases, this manuscript was to analyze the history of wrist-ankle acupuncture and to review it from both mechanism and clinical reports. Meanwhile, this article also pointed out the existing problems in the research of wrist-ankle acupuncture during the recent years, and expected further standardization and studies.
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0.05). Within 8.9 months of mean follow-up, 3 new fractures occurred in 3 patients in group 1, 2 new fractures occurred in 2 patients in group 2, showing no significant difference. The average increase in vertebral body height on the X-ray plains at 1 week after PVP was 2.2 mm anteriorly, 2.3 mm centrally and unchanged posteriorly. Comparing with the plain film at 1 week after PVP, the heights of vertebrae showed no significant difference at 3 and 6 months of follow-up respectively the heights of vertebrae were unchanged at 1 week after conservative therapy. Average reduction in vertebral body height was 1.9 mm anteriorly, 2.1 mm centrally, unchanged posteriorly at 3 months, but no more collapse at 6 months after conventional treatment. The vertebral body height was significantly higher in the group 1 than in group 2 at 3 months after treatment. Conclusions PVP is aneffective and safe procedure for treating persistent painful osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures and shortening the course of disease. Pain relief showed no difference at 6 months follow up with conventional treatment\ a outcoming with increase of vertebral body height and preventing further collapse of the vertebra. New fractures following vertebroplasty may actually represent presence of osteoporosis rather than a complication of the procedure.