Acupuncture를 이용한 하악골 골절수술경험 -증례 보고-

The Experience of Open Reduction and Internal Fixation of Mandible Fracture by Acupuncture Method

Based on points of neuroendocrine physiology, stimulus developed at the acupuncture site can pass to the pituitary gland through somatosensory and activated descending inhibitory mechanism which originated in raphe magnus of midbrain. For the operation of mandible fracture, acupuncture anesthesia was performed at 6 points of both forearm and both feet by method taking point on distant segment. Acupuncture anesthesia deals with central analgesic mechanism and the theory of diffuse noxious inhibitory control.