acupuncture

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Introduction

The piercing of specific body sites with needles to produce pain relief.

Indications

* electroacupuncture & auricular acupuncture beneficial for pain relief in cancer survivors[25]

  • auricular acupuncture did not demonstrate noninferiority to electroacupuncture, & patients receiving it had more adverse events[25]

* moderate or high-certainty evidence that acupuncture is superior to other active therapies is rare[28]

Contraindications

(non indications)

Complications

(low risk, incidence 14 in 10,000)

Notes

More general terms

Additional terms

References

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