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Revista de Ciencias Médicas de Pinar del Río
On-line version ISSN 1561-3194
Abstract
CAVEDA CARRASCO, Roberto; RAMOS-CORDERO, Angel Ernesto; MARTINEZ-LOPEZ, Damalys and CAVEDA MARTINEZ, Rafael. Application of acupuncture analgesia in pediatric urinary genital inguinal surgery. Rev Ciencias Médicas [online]. 2019, vol.23, n.1, pp. 12-21. ISSN 1561-3194.
Introduction:
acupuncture analgesia produces mechanical or electrical stimulation in different points of the body, increasing the pain threshold and helping the patient to support different types of surgical intervention.
Objective:
to assess the application of acupuncture analgesia in urinary genital inguinal surgery at Pepe Portilla Provincial Pediatric Teaching Hospital.
Methods:
an observational, descriptive and cross-sectional study that included 260 patients undergoing surgeries applying acupuncture analgesia between 2011 and 2017 was conducted. The data were obtained from the patient's medical records. The variables were: age, gender, surgical area, effectiveness of treatment, complications, anesthetic recovery, duration of the analgesic action and economic expenses; which were analyzed by descriptive statistics.
Results:
male sex predominated (78,1 %), the ages comprised between 13 - 18 years. The inguinal region was the most intervened area (76,1 %); 93,9 % of the patients showed good outcomes, 2,7 % had a regular response in genital surgery and 3,4 % a poor outcome in inguinal surgery. Only 19 patients (7,3 %) presented some type of complications, pain was the most frequent (10 cases). Anesthetic recovery was favorable in 241 patients (92,7 %). The cost of the surgical materials used represents $ 0,99 for each surgery, which amounts of $ 257,4 in a total of 260 surgical interventions performed.
Conclusions:
the application of acupuncture analgesia in pediatric urinary genital inguinal surgery presented a good response to this treatment, observing infrequent complications, favorable anesthetic recovery and an ample scientific value, as well as low socioeconomic expenses.
Keywords : ACUPUNCTURE ANALGESIA; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; SURGERY; PATIENTS.