Research on the application of acupuncture anesthesia in clinical surgery
Acupuncture anesthesia,as a new type of anesthesia under the combined Chinese and Western medicine,has the advantages of wide adaptability,safety and affordability,and few side effects.With the maturation of anesthesia technology,acupuncture anesthesia has been also expanded from simple intraoperative application to the whole perioperative period,which has an important position in clinical work with a broad development prospect.In this paper,we reviewed the recent literature and summarized the types of acupuncture anesthesia,selection of acupuncture points,frequency intensity,mechanism research and clinical surgical application,and analyzed the advantages and defects of acupuncture anesthesia at the present stage,as well as proposed corresponding problems and solutions,in order to provide reference for its clinical application.
AcupunctureAnesthesiaSurgeryClinical applicationResearch status