A Comparative Study of Acupuncture Anesthesia and Conventional Premedication for Panendoscopy

According to previous reports, there are few side effects and it is easy to perform in acupuncture administration for anesthesia or pain relief Acupuncture anesthesia as an alternative method to conventional premdication in panendoscopy was inziestigated in tzvo hundred outpatients who were divided into a conventional anesthesia group and an acupuncture anesthesia group by their own choice. Sentype two pairs of patients were selected from these two groups of patients using the casecontrol matching method. The conventional group way premedicated with an intramuscular injection of 0.6 mg trospium chloride (an anticholinergic) and a local spray of 0.3 cc 8% Xylocaine to the orophurynx. The acupunctrrro group was premedicated by needling the left Hogu and Neigun‐ Yaiguan points. All patients in both, groups tolerated the endoscopy procedure and the efficacy of these two methods were analyzed. There were no statistical differences (p>0.05) in terms of the patients’discomfort, cooperation, gastric peristalsis during the procedure, the mean pulse rute before examination, and the patients’willingness to undergo another panendoscopy, between the two groups. Only belching during examination was noted to be more seviere in the acupuncture group (p=0.022). Acceleration of pulse rate after examination was found to hc more significant in the conventional group (p<0.001). Our study showed that acupuncture anesthesia was a safe and effective premedication method for panendoscopy and can be an alternative to conventional premedication especially for patients with benign prostatic hypertrophy or glaucoma which precluded the usage of anticholinergics and patients with a history of heart disease or an allergy to lidocaine.