Research Progress of the Mechanism of Combined Acupuncture-medication Anesthesia in Protecting Internal Organs During Perioperative Period of Pneumonectomy / 上海针灸杂志

ABSTRACT

Combined acupuncture-medication anesthesia refers to an anesthesia method by combining acupuncture and small dose of anesthetics, i.e. acupuncture plus local anesthesia, acupuncture plus epidural anesthesia, acupuncture plus general anesthesia, and so on, used in cardiac, chest, skull, throat, abdominal, and urinary operations. Clinical studies show that the combined acupuncture-medication anesthesia has integrated the advantage of acupuncture in regulating the function of internal organs and the advantage of drugs insedation, thus producing a better protective effect on important organs than dry drug anesthesia during and after operation. This article summarized the latest research progress of the combined acupuncture-medication anesthesia in protecting organs duringthe perioperative period of pneumonectomy, pointed out the research frontiers of the application of this anesthesia method in pneumonectomy, and was of valuable reference for the clinical study in the future.