[Observation on therapeutic effect of acupuncture combined with western medicine on paralytic strabismus].
OBJECTIVE
To find out a better therapy for paralytic strabismus.


METHODS
Ninety cases were randomly divided into an acupuncture-medicine group, an acupuncture group, a western medicine group, 30 cases in each group. The acupuncture-medicine group were treated with acupuncture at Shuigou (GV 26), Fengchi (GB 20), Yifeng (TE 17), Yiming (EX-HN 14), Taiyang (EX-HN 5), Jingming (BL 1), Cuanzhu (BL 2), etc. intramuscular injection of Vit B1 and Vit B12, and oral administration of ATP; the acupuncture group were treated with simple acupuncture, and the western medicine group were treated with simple western medicine. Their therapeutic effects were compared.


RESULTS
The cured rate of 66.7% in the acupuncture-medicine group was significantly higher than 26.7% in the acupuncture group and 26.7% in the western medicine group (both P < 0.01).


CONCLUSIONS
Acupuncture combined with western medicine has obvious therapeutic effect, which is better than that of simple acupuncture or simple western medicine.
Guo
Hui-Min
HM
Department of Acupuncture, The Second Hospital of Shijiazhuang, Shijiazhuang 050051, China. ghm1966@sina.com
Dong
Jing-Kai
JK
Wang
Hui-Min
HM
Zhang
Zhi-Hong
ZH
Li
Yin-Xiao
YX
Wang
Rong-Xia
RX
Liu
Su-Qiao
SQ
D015670:Acupuncture Therapy; D000368:Aged; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017246:Ophthalmoplegia, Chronic Progressive External / Q000628:therapy*; D013285:Strabismus / Q000628:therapy*