Acupuncture in surgical interventions and recovery therapies

Abstract

Introduction: acupuncture surgical analgesia is a tool to take into account for medicine because it does not require very large financial expenses compared to conventional anesthesia, but its effectiveness must be verified, because it is an invasive non-pharmacological method that can have negative consequences if used inappropriately. Objectives: Describe how acupuncture surgical analgesia works and the effectiveness demonstrated in recent years. Method: A review of the literature found in the SCIELO and Cochrane database was carried out between the months of November and December 2023. 60 articles were consulted, of which 20 were chosen. Development: Acupuncture surgical analgesia prevents the patient from experience pain during the intervention; this has been proven mainly in inguinal hernia operations. . It is also important in recovery therapies where it has been shown to positively intervene in the quality of life of postoperative patients. Conclusions: It turns out to be effective during surgical interventions and in recovery therapies, although more studies are required to support this practice in other interventions; nor should we forget the possibility of causing a traumatic pneumothorax secondary to acupuncture with poor management of acupuncture surgical analgesia.