title: [Randomized controlled study on electroacupuncture compound anesthesia in radiofrequency ablation for hypertrophic inferior turbinate].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explore the feasibility of electroacupuncture compound anesthesia in radiofrequency ablation for hypertrophic inferior turbinate.
  
  
  METHODS
  The patients confirmed to the enrolled criteria were randomly divided into an observation group (n = 31) and a control group (n = 30). The observation group was treated with electroacupuncture at Sibai (ST 2), Xiaguan (ST 7), Hegu (LI 4) and Zhigou (TE 6) on the left side and routine local anesthesia on the right side. The control group was treated with routine local anesthesia on the both side. The feelings of pain, circulatory index and operation effect were observed and compared.
  
  
  RESULTS
  During radiofrequency ablation, the pain grade of two measurements on the left side and the 2nd measurement on the right in the observation group were all lower than those in the control group (all P<0.05). In the observation group, the pain grades on the left side were lower than that on the right side (P<0.05), and the systolic blood pressure and the heart rate were lower than that in the control group when undergoing the 2nd radiofrequency ablation on the right side and on the left side, respectively (both P<0.05). There was no significant difference in operation effect between the two groups.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Electroacupuncture compound anesthesia can meet the analgesia requirement of radiofrequency ablation for treatment of hypertrophic inferior turbinate, and would be helpful to prevent cyclic fluctuation during the operation at the same time.
authors: Department of Anesthesiology, Guang'anmen Hospital, China Acadamy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100053, China.
authors: Qing
authors: Q
authors: Jia
authors: Jin-hua
authors: JH
authors: Shi
authors: Zhi-shun
authors: ZS
authors: Liu
authors: Yin-qiu
authors: YQ
authors: Gao
authors: Shen
authors: S
authors: Xie
authors: Shu-chen
authors: SC
authors: Sun
mesh_terms: D015667:Acupuncture Analgesia; D000328:Adult; D000758:Anesthesia; D017115:Catheter Ablation; D015671:Electroacupuncture; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014420:Turbinates / Q000601:surgery*; D055815:Young Adult