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Objective To observe the clinical efficacy of acupoint thread embedding in preventing urinary retention after cervical cancer surgery.Method Fifty eligible patients were randomized into a treatment group and a control group, 25 cases each. The control group was given catheterization after gynecological surgery; the treatment group was intervened by thread embedding at Zusanli (ST36), Sanyinjiao (SP6), Yinlingquan (SP9), Guanyuan (CV4), and Shenshu (BL23) on the 7th day after the surgery in addition to the basic intervention given to the control group. The indwelling catheter was removed on the 14th day after the surgery, and the bladder function, urination, and residual urine volume were compared between the two groups.Result After the treatment, the bladder function in the treatment group was significantly better than that in the control group (P<0.05); the markedly effective rate of spontaneous micturition was 92.0% in the treatment group versus 72.0% in the control group, and the difference was statistically significant (P<0.05).Conclusion Early intervention with acupoint thread embedding after cervical cancer surgery can effectively decrease the incidence of post-surgery urinary retention, and it's easy-to-operation and worth application in clinic.
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Objective To observe the clinical efficacy of mild moxibustion at bilateral Fengchi (GB20) in treating vertigo due to cervical spondylosis of vertebral artery type, and its effect on the blood flow of vertebral artery.Method A total of 103 eligible patients with cervical spondylosis of vertebral artery type were randomized into two groups. Patients in the observation group were intervened by mild moxibustion at bilateral Fengchi; the control group was given oral administration of Nimodipine. The blood flow velocity was compared before and after the treatment, and the clinical efficacies of the two groups were compared.Result After the treatment, the systolic velocity (Vs) (left vertebral artery, LVA; right vertebral artery, RVA), mean velocity (Vm) (LVA, RVA) and diastolic velocity (LVA, RVA) of the observation group were better than those of the control group, and the differences were statistically significant (P<0.05); at the end of the intervention and 3 months after, the Dizziness Assessment Rating Scale (DARS) scores of the observation group were significantly lower than those of the control group (P<0.05); at the end of the intervention, the markedly effective rate was 80.0% in the observation group versus 62.3% in the control group, and the difference was statistically significant (P<0.05).Conclusion Mild moxibustion at bilateral Fengchi can improve the blood flow of vertebral artery in patients with cervical spondylosis of vertebral artery type, and produce a significant efficacy.
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Objective To observe the clinical efficacy of acupoint thread embedding in preventing urinary retention after cervical cancer surgery.Method Fifty eligible patients were randomized into a treatment group and a control group, 25 cases each. The control group was given catheterization after gynecological surgery; the treatment group was intervened by thread embedding at Zusanli (ST36), Sanyinjiao (SP6), Yinlingquan (SP9), Guanyuan (CV4), and Shenshu (BL23) on the 7th day after the surgery in addition to the basic intervention given to the control group. The indwelling catheter was removed on the 14th day after the surgery, and the bladder function, urination, and residual urine volume were compared between the two groups.Result After the treatment, the bladder function in the treatment group was significantly better than that in the control group (P<0.05); the markedly effective rate of spontaneous micturition was 92.0% in the treatment group versus 72.0% in the control group, and the difference was statistically significant (P<0.05).Conclusion Early intervention with acupoint thread embedding after cervical cancer surgery can effectively decrease the incidence of post-surgery urinary retention, and it's easy-to-operation and worth application in clinic.
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Objective To observe the clinical efficacy of mild moxibustion at bilateral Fengchi (GB20) in treating vertigo due to cervical spondylosis of vertebral artery type, and its effect on the blood flow of vertebral artery.Method A total of 103 eligible patients with cervical spondylosis of vertebral artery type were randomized into two groups. Patients in the observation group were intervened by mild moxibustion at bilateral Fengchi; the control group was given oral administration of Nimodipine. The blood flow velocity was compared before and after the treatment, and the clinical efficacies of the two groups were compared.Result After the treatment, the systolic velocity (Vs) (left vertebral artery, LVA; right vertebral artery, RVA), mean velocity (Vm) (LVA, RVA) and diastolic velocity (LVA, RVA) of the observation group were better than those of the control group, and the differences were statistically significant (P<0.05); at the end of the intervention and 3 months after, the Dizziness Assessment Rating Scale (DARS) scores of the observation group were significantly lower than those of the control group (P<0.05); at the end of the intervention, the markedly effective rate was 80.0% in the observation group versus 62.3% in the control group, and the difference was statistically significant (P<0.05).Conclusion Mild moxibustion at bilateral Fengchi can improve the blood flow of vertebral artery in patients with cervical spondylosis of vertebral artery type, and produce a significant efficacy.