Research Article
An Evaluation of Electroacupuncture at the Weizhong Acupoint (BL-40) as a Means of Relieving Pain Induced by Extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithotripsy
Table 2
Location and size of upper urolithiasis analysis.
| | Number of people with calculi at the specific location and size of calculi (%) | U-I
control
() | U-II
sham-EA
() | U-III
100 Hz EA
() | value |
| | Position | | | | | | L side stone | 17 (68%) | 14 (58%) | 13 (52%) | 0.5101 | | R side stone | 8 (32%) | 10 (42%) | 12 (48%) | | Location | | | | | | UPJ | 4 (16%) | 1 (4%) | 3 (12%) | 0.5154 | | Upper | 21 (84%) | 23 (96%) | 22 (88%) | | Middle | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | | Low | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | | Stone size (mm2) | 45.00
(36.00–70.00) | 45.00
(32.00–81.00) | 54.00
(35.00–77.00) | 0.9725 |
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Median (25%–75%).
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