J Korean Pain Soc.
1996 Jun;9(1):195-199.
The Experience of Open Reduction and Internal Fixation of Mandible Fracture by Acupuncture Method
- Affiliations
-
- 1National Medical Center, Anesthetic Department, Seoul, Korea.
- 2National Medical Center, Acupuncture Department of Oriental Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
Abstract
- Based on points of neuroendocrine physiology, stimulus developed at the acupuncture site can pass to the pituitary gland through somatosensory and activated descending inhibitory mechanism which onginated in raphe magnus of midbrain. For the operation of mandible fracture, acupuncture anesthesia was performed at 6 points of both forearm and both feet by method taking point on distant segment. Acupuncture anesthesia deals with central analgesic mechanism and the theory of dif-fuse noxious inhibitory control.
Keyword
- Full Text Links
-
- Actions
-
Cited
- CITED
-
- Close
- Share
-
- Similar articles
-
- Clinical Applications of Endoscopic-Assisted Open Reduction and Internal Fixation of Subcondylar Fractures
- Treatment of Palatal Fracture According to the Fracture Pattern
- A comparisin of the Operative Results and Costs Between Interosseous Wiring and Miniplate Fixation in Open Reduction of Mandible Fracture
- Transmasseteric Approach for Open Reduction and Internal Fixation of Mandible Subcondylar Fracture
- Current Concepts in the Mandibular Condyle Fracture Management Part II: Open Reduction Versus Closed Reduction
