1.
Zhonghua Xue Ye Xue Za Zhi
; 44(9): 770-774, 2023 Sep 14.
Article
in Chinese
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-38049323
2.
Acupunct Electrother Res
; 13(1): 25-30, 1988.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-2898196
ABSTRACT
Thymectomy is often successful as treatment for the autoimmune disease myasthenia gravis. One complication of the operation on such patients is respiratory difficulty especially post-operatively, due to interference with the already disturbed transmission of signals along damaged nerve-endings. Acupuncture anesthesia offers a solution to that problem. In this series of 90 patients, the results of operation under conventional general anesthesia were compared with those under acupuncture anesthesia. It was found that patients in the latter group suffered fewer complications.