J Wound Manag Res.
2019 Mar;15(1):52-56. 10.22467/jwmr.2018.00542.
Korean Complementary Acupuncture Treatment Associated Severe Facial Infection Case
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- 1Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Dongkang Medical Center, Ulsan, Korea.
- 2Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Dongkang Medical Center, Ulsan, Korea. bsbaiksy@naver.com
- 3Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Gangneung Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Gangneung, Korea.
- 4Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Semin Hospital, Ulsan, Korea.
- 5The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong.
- KMID: 2469763
- DOI: http://doi.org/10.22467/jwmr.2018.00542
Abstract
- Acupuncture, an Asian traditional medicine, has been studied and applied in Northeastern Asia including Korea for thousands of years. This traditional medicine is believed to have significant improvements in reducing pain and swelling, but there have been reported cases of various side effects, especially infections. Infected wounds by an acupuncture treatment have caused sepsis in some cases. In this report, we present the case of successful treatment of infected wounds caused by the Korean traditional acupuncture as the result of a collaboration between plastic surgery and anesthetics departments.
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