title: [Clinical observation on the effect of acupuncture-assisted anesthesia for 40 cases of mixed hemorrhoids surgery].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To observe the efficacy of comined administration of acupuncture and anesthetics for mixed hemorrhoids surgery and its postoperative complications.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 40 cases of mixed hemorrhoid patients were randomized into acupuncture-assisted anesthesia (AAA) group and narcotic drug group (control), with 20 cases in each. For patients of AAA group, electroacupuncture (EA, 2 Hz/100 Hz, 9 mA) was applied to Changqiang (GV 1) and Yaoshu (GV 2) for 20 min, and 1% lidocaine (5 mL) was injected into GV 1. For patients of control group, 20 mL and 10 mL of 1% lidocaine were injected into GV 2 and GV 1, separately. The patients' pain response, anus muscular relaxion state, and postoperative complications were observed to evaluate their clinical efficacy.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of the 20 cases in AAA and control groups, 16 and 18 cases had a striking analgesic effect, 4 and 2 were effective, respectively. No significant difference was found between two groups in the analgesic efficacy for surgery (P>0.05). Postoperative urinary retention, pain severity I and II and the cases with intoxic response in AAA and control groups were 1 and 8, 16 and 6, 4 and 14, and 1 and 9, separately. The effects of AAA group were significantly superior to those of control group in lessening urinary retention and toxication, and in inducing analgesia (P<0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Acupuncture combined with narcotic drugs is superior to simple anesthetics for mixed hemorrhoids surgery in reducing postoperative complications.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chinese Medicine, Gulou Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing University, Nanjing 210008, China. tianshuxu2007@126.com
authors.forename: Tian-shu
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Hai-hua
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Qian
mesh_terms: D015667:Acupuncture Analgesia; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000701:Analgesics, Opioid / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006484:Hemorrhoids / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010146:Pain / Q000188:drug therapy; D059408:Pain Management; D010149:Postoperative Pain / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000628:therapy*; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D000701:Analgesics, Opioid