Description At 12:30 p.m. one of us (w. H.) administered the acupuncture anesthesia with one needle in the Ho-Ku point of the right hand, and one needle in the Nei-Ting point of the right foot in the two meridians pertinent to the operating area.
Experimental Description
G. S., an adult Causasian male, suffering from a large salivary calculus obstruction of Wharton duct on the right side with associated infection.
Sample Count
1
Auxiliary Medication
On the day of the operation, the patient was given orally a mild sedation of Nembutal gr. 34 at 8 a.m. and Demerol 50 mg(H) at noon, half an hour before surgery. No local infiltration of anesthetic, saline or topical anesthesia was used. The wound was left open without suture.
Induction Method
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Description Further twirling of the needles was carried out for the entire procedure of 40 minutes by Dr. Dorothy Van Zante (Anesthesiologist) on the hand, and by Dr. Steve Liu (Cardiologist) on the foot.
Anesthesia Method
AAA
Clinical Trial Type
Case report
Effector
The patient withstood the procedure well. He did not complain of any pain; there was minimum discomfort. The hospital course was uneventful. The patient went home the next day. He was greatly satisfied with the procedure under acupuncture anesthesia.
