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J Int Med Res. 2003 Nov-Dec; 31(6): 552-6. Acupressure versus

oxybutinin in the treatment of enuresis. Yuksek MS, Erdem AF,

Atalay C, Demirel A. Department of Anaesthesiology and

Reanimation, School of Medicine, Ataturk University, Erzurum,

Turkey. yuksek We aimed to assess the efficacy of

acupressure for treating nocturnal enuresis, compared with

oxybutinin. Acupressure was administered to 12 patients by their

parents, who had been taught the technique. Pressure was applied

at acupuncture points Gv4, Gv15, Gv20, B23, B28, B32, H7, H9,

St36, Sp4, Sp6, Sp12, Ren2, Ren3, Ren6, K3 and K5. Twelve

control patients received 0.4 mg/kg oxybutinin. Parents were asked

to record incidences of bed-wetting and patients and/or parents

completed a questionnaire 15 days and 1, 3 and 6 months after the

start of treatment. Complete and partial responses after 6 months

of treatment were seen in 83.3% and 16.7%, respectively, of

patients treated with acupressure, and in 58.3% and 33.3%,

respectively, of children who received oxybutinin. In conclusion,

nocturnal enuresis can be partially treated by oxybutinin but

acupressure could be an alternative non-drug therapy. Acupressure

has the advantages of being non-invasive, painless and cost-

effective. PMID: 14708420 [PubMed - in process]

 

J Clin Laser Med Surg. 2003 Dec; 21(6): 383-8. Effect of 830-nm

laser light on the repair of bone defects grafted with inorganic

bovine bone and decalcified cortical osseous membrane. Barbos

Pinheiro AL, Limeira Junior Fde A, Marquez Gerbi ME, Pedreira

Ramalho LM, Marzola C, Carneiro Ponzi EA, Oliveira Soares A,

Bandeira De Carvalho LC, Vieira Lima HC, Oliveira Goncalves T.

Laser Center, School of Dentistry, Federal University of Bahia,

Salvador, Brazil. albp OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study

was to assess histologically the effect of LLLT (lambda830 nm) on

the repair of standardized bone defects on the femur of Wistar

albinus rats grafted with inorganic bovine bone and associated or

not to decalcified bovine cortical bone membrane. BACKGROUND

DATA: Bone loss may be a result of several pathologies, trauma or

a consequence of surgical procedures. This led to extensive

studies on the process of bone repair and development of

techniques for the correction of bone defects, including the use of

several types of grafts, membranes and the association of both

techniques. There is evidence in the literature of the positive effect

of LLLT on the healing of soft tissue wounds. However, its effect on

bone is not completely understood. MATERIALS AND METHODS:

Five randomized groups were studied: Group I (Control); Group IIA

(Gen-ox); Group IIB (Gen-ox + LLLT); Group IIIA (Gen-ox + Gen-

derm) and Group IIIB (Gen-ox + Gen-derm + LLLT). Bone defects

were created at the femur of the animals and were treated

according to the group. The animals of the irradiated groups were

irradiated every 48 h during 15 days; the first irradiation was

performed immediately after the surgical procedure. The animals

were irradiated transcutaneously in four points around the defect.

At each point a dose of 4 J/cm2 was given (phi approximately 0.6

mm, 40 mW) and the total dose per session was 16 J/cm2. The

animals were humanely killed 15, 21, and 30 days after surgery.

The specimens were routinely processed to wax, serially cut, and

stained with H & E and Picrosirius stains and analyzed under light

microscopy. RESULTS: The results showed evidence of a more

advanced repair on the irradiated groups when compared to non-

irradiated ones. The repair of irradiated groups was characterized

by both increased bone formation and amount of collagen fibers

around the graft within the cavity since the 15th day after surgery,

through analysis of the osteoconductive capacity of the Gen-ox and

the increment of the cortical repair in specimens with Gen-derm

membrane. CONCLUSION: It is concluded that LLLT had a positive

effect on the repair of bone defect submitted the implantation of

graft. PMID: 14709224 [PubMed - in process]

 

Brain Res Bull. 2004 Jan 15; 62(4): 327-34. Non-opioid-dependent

anti-inflammatory effects of low frequency electroacupuncture.

Zhang SP, Zhang JS, Yung KK, Zhang HQ. School of Chinese

Medicine, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong

Kong, PR China Low frequency electroacupuncture, which is

commonly used in pain relief, is known to induce opioid-mediated

analgesia. This study examined the contribution of the opioid

system in mediating the anti-inflammatory effects of low frequency

EA in a standard model of acute inflammation, the carrageenan-

induced edema model. Carrageenan was injected in the hind paw

of anesthetized rats and low frequency electroacupuncture was

applied to acupoints equivalent to Zusanli (St 36) and Sanyinjiao

(Sp 6) in humans just prior to the induction of inflammation in the

ipsilateral leg. Induction of Fos protein, reflecting neuronal

activation, was investigated in the spinal cord with

immunohistochemistry. It was found that electroacupuncture

strongly inhibited the carrageenan-induced edema by over 60%,

and suppressed the associated Fos expression in the superficial

laminae (I-II) of the ipsilateral dorsal horn by 50%. Neither the anti-

edematous effect nor the suppression of Fos expression in the

superficial spinal laminae was affected by intraperitoneal injection

of the opioid antagonist naloxone. These results demonstrate that

low frequency electroacupuncture is capable of inhibiting peripheral

inflammation and the associated central neuronal activity via a non-

opioid-dependent mechanism. PMID: 14709347 [PubMed - in

process]

 

 

 

 

 

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