Systematic Review of Adverse Effects: A Further Step towards Modernization of Acupuncture in China

Table 4

Organ injury associated with acupuncture.

Author/year (reference)	Cases	Age/sex	Disease treated	Punctured site	Complication	Follow-up
Liu, 1981 [14]	1	19/F	Schizophrenia	RN15	Cardiac tamponade	Dead
Zhu, 1990 [22]	1	64/M	Chest stiffness and rib pain	LR14	Aortoclasia	Dead
Shi, 1993 [23]	1	42/F	Witchcraft	Limbs, chest, abdomen, back	Aortoclasia	Dead
Xie and Lin, 2003 [24]	1	35/F	Intercostal neuralgia	Right breast	Cardiac trauma	Dead
Luo et al., 2006 [25]	1	40/M	Chronic esophagitis	RN15	Cardiac tamponade	Recovered
Zhang and Dong, 2006 [26]	1	37/M	Chest tightness, asthma	Chest and back	Cardiac tamponade	Dead
Zhu et al., 2008 [27]	1	44/F	Diabetes	Chest	Cardiac tamponade	Dead
Yang, 1991 [28]	1	21/M	Bad cold	BL13	Chylothorax	Recovered (2 wk)
Zheng and Zhao, 1983 [30]	1	31/F	Stomachache	ST25, LR14, RN12	Gallbladder perforation and   biliary peritonitis	Recovered after surgery
	1	59/M	Cervical spondylopathy	RN12, RN13, ST25
Deng, 1985 [31]	1	45/F	Acute attack of chronic cholecystitis	ST21	Gallbladder perforation	Not specified
Bai, 1991 [32]	1	32/F	Paralytic ileus	Upper abdomen	Gallbladder perforation and biliary peritonitis	Recovered after surgery
Duan and Wang, 1984 [29]	1	42/M	Intestinal spasm	RN8, RN12, ST25	Intestinal perforation and suppurative peritonitis	Recovered after surgery (14 d)
Zhang, 1997 [33]	4	51/M	Paroxysmal abdominal pain	Abdomen	Localized peritonitis	Recovered  after surgery
		47/F	Right lower abdominal pain
		53/F	Abdominal pain, diarrhea
		37/F	Periumbilical pain
Xiao, 1985 [34]	1	20/M	Abdominal discomfort	RN12	Gastric perforation	Recovered after surgery (11 d)
Huang, 1999 [35]	1	54/M	Gastric ulcer	ST36	Gastric ulcer with perforation	Recovered after surgery (10 d)
Tang et al., 2006 [36]	1	61/M	RA	ST34, ST40, SP6, SP10, GB33, GB34	Gastric stress ulcer and hemorrhagic shock	Recovered (2 mo)
Liu et al., 1992 [37]	1	2/M	Diarrhea	RN12, ST25, DU1	Complete intestinal obstruction	Recovered after surgery
Zhang et al., 1992 [38]	1	45/F	Chronic bronchitis, coronary disease	GB21, BL13, BL23	Multiple organ injury	Dead