Review Article
Systematic Review of Adverse Effects: A Further Step towards Modernization of Acupuncture in China
| Author/year (reference) | Cases | Age/sex | Disease treated | Punctured site | Complication | Practitioner | Follow-up |
| Yang, 1986 [6] | 1 | 28/F | Chronic conjunctivitis | BL1 | Eye hematoma | Acupuncturist | Recovered (14 f) | Li, 1989 [67] | 1 | 62/F | Teratoma of ovary | Hypogastrium | Extraperitoneal hematoma | Roving doctor | Recovered after surgery | Cai, 1991 [68] | 1 | 47/M | Neck mass | Neck | Thyroid intracapsular hemorrhage with apnea | Not specified | Recovered after surgery (10 d) | Han, 1994 [69] | 1 | 56/M | Stroke | RN23 | Sublingual hematoma | Not specified | Recovered (1 wk) | Zeng and Liu, 1996 [71] | 1 | 50/M | Cough | ST9 | Hematoma compression tracheal cause apnea | Unauthorized acupuncturist | Dead | Wang, 1996 [70] | 1 | 72/M | Cerebral infarction | Ex-HN20 | Sublingual hematoma | Not specified | Recovered (2 d) | Gan, 2000 [66] | 1 | 46/F | Cold headache | Ex-HN05 | Orbital hemorrhage | Not specified | Recovered (1 mo) | Jiang, 2001 [72] | 1 | 68/M | Hypertension, stroke | LI4 | Hand hematoma | Acupuncturist | Recovered (7 d) | Duan, 2007 [73] | 1 | 65/F | Neck, waist, and leg pain | Hip | Buttock hematoma | Not specified | Improved | H. Liu and X. H. Liu, 2007 [74] | 1 | 61/M | Cerebral thrombosis | SP6 | Lower extremity hematoma | Acupuncturist | Recovered (1 d) |
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