Effect of acupuncture anesthesia for urological cancer pain / 全日本鍼灸学会雑誌

ABSTRACT

We examined effect of acupuncture anethesia for urological cancer pain.<br>Subjects were 32 patients (30 men and 2 women) aged from 21 to 84 (mean 59.9 years old).<br>The method used in the treatment of these patients was 1Hz low frequency stimulation for 20 to 30 minutes.<br>The following results were obtained<br>1) The treatment had not an effect on neuroparalytic patients with bone metastasis who were observed cancerous cachexia.<br>2) The treatment often had an effect on non-neuroparalytic patients with bone metastasis. The patients had a slight symptom.<br>3) The treatment rarely had an effect on a numbness of lower extremities that was caused by peripheral nerve's injury.<br>The numbness was sometimes aggravated by some electric treatments using TNS.