Adverse Events of Acupuncture: A Systematic Review of Case Reports

Table 6

Peripheral nerve injuries associated with acupuncture (4 cases).

First author/year (reference)	Country	Cases age/sex	Disease treated	Punctured site	Complication	Onset after acupuncture	Practitioner	Followup
Sato 2003 [78]	Japan	62/F	Sciatica	Anterior of the leg	Peroneal nerve palsy	1 d	Not specified	Recovered (4 mo)
Patrick 2005 [79]	USA	63/F	LBP	Low back	Injury of the L5 nerve root	28 y	Not specified	Recovered; (after surgery)
Rosted 2007 [80]	UK	47/M	TMD	ST6, ST7 (face)	Bell’s Palsy	1 d	Not specified	Recovered (2 wk)
Lee 2008 [81]	Korea	47/M	Abdominal discomfort	PC5 & PC6 (forearm)	Median nerve neuropathy	Shortly	Oriental medicine practitioner	Recovered (1 y)