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An advanced clinical trial with laser acupuncture anesthesia for minor
operations in the oro maxillofacial region.
- Zhou YC
Lasers Surg Med 1984;4(3):297-303
For the purpose of improving acupuncture and acupressure anesthesia, laser
acupuncture as a new type of controlled anesthetic method has been used
since 1979. A beam from a 2.8-6 mW helium-neon laser apparatus (Model CW-12,
Chengdu Thermometer Factory) was delivered and focused to a red spot on the
selected skin point of the patient. The laser was used instead of the
routine acupuncture and acupressure anesthesia. This paper reports the
clinical laser trial of 610 cases (562 cases of difficult exodontia and 48
cases of various minor operations in the oro-maxillofacial region). The
effect of analgesia was satisfactory. No sedatives or analgesics were
administered before or during operations. The helium-neon laser apparatus,
selection of laser irradiating acupuncture points, distance, and duration of
irradiation and clinical observations are described.
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