A mamaplastic reduction using acupunctural

Authors

  • Javier Cordero Lozano Especialista de I Grado en Cirugía Plástica y Caumatología. Hospital Universitario "Abel Santamaría Cuadrado". Pinar del Río.
  • Miguel O. Gómez Fernández-Larrea Especialista de II Grado en Cirugía Plástica y Caumatología. Hospital Universitario "Abel Santamaría Cuadrado". Pinar del Río.
  • María E. Ortega Valdés Especialista de I Grado en Anestesiología. Hospital Universitario "Abel Santamaría Cuadrado". Pinar del Río.

Abstract

A prospective descriptive clinical trial was carried out in a sample of 40 patients suffering from breast hypertrophy who attended Cosmetic Surgery Office at Abel Santamaría General Hospital between September 2002 and August 2003. A reductive mastoplasia using acupunctural analgesia was carried out (C1, IG4, VC17, VG20 points and special one) assessing the quality of transoperative acupunctural analgesia, transoperative hemodynamic behaviour and the occurrence of postoperative complications. Systat pack was used for statistical validation with a fitted level of a = 0.05. a transoperative analgesic level was achieved successfully in 50 % of cases  including patients from every age group particularly in up to two hours surgeries irrespective of the breast hypertrophy. The transoperative homodynamic behaviour was successful in patients operated under acupuncture, using this technique it was found that endotraqueal general anaesthesia by other authors, reporting no eventful experiences when performing acupuncture.

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Cordero Lozano J, Gómez Fernández-Larrea MO, Ortega Valdés ME. A mamaplastic reduction using acupunctural. Rev Ciencias Médicas [Internet]. 2012 Oct. 5 [cited 2025 Aug. 30];8(2):29-37. Available from: https://revcmpinar.sld.cu/index.php/publicaciones/article/view/196

Issue

Vol. 8 No. 2 (2004)

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ORIGINAL ARTICLES

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