title: [Acupuncture in the nursing care of a patient with pilonidal cyst: an assistance experience report].
abstract: This qualitative, participant and descriptive assistance case study shows the use of acupuncture in the complementary treatment of a patient with sacroccocygeal pilonidal cyst relapse with infectious complications in the surrounding tissues receiving medical and nursing assistance. The purpose is to identify this support in complementary health as a potential strategy to be used in the nursing care offered to the patients. It was observed that acupuncture and the multiprofessional assistance benefitted the recovery of local tissue and the combat of infection. By the time of the nursing appointment, these techniques greatly contributed for the positive combat of the disease and a better adhesion to the orientations of nursing care practitioners. Further studies and scientific research about the contributions of oriental health practices in nursing are necessary.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Pelotas (UFPel), Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil. mateuscasanova@ig.com.br
authors.forename: Mateus Casanova
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: dos Santos
mesh_terms: D015670:Acupuncture Therapy / Q000451:nursing*; D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010864:Pilonidal Sinus / Q000451:nursing*