Review Article
Systematic Review of Adverse Effects: A Further Step towards Modernization of Acupuncture in China
Table 9
Complications caused by broken needles.
| Author/year (reference) | Cases | Age/sex | Disease treated | Punctured site | Complication | Practitioner | Follow-up |
| Yang, 1986 [6] | 1 | 45/M | Flaccid paralysis | ST36, LI11 | Bent needle | Acupuncturist | Recovered | Lu and Teng, 1994 [75] | 1 | 39/M | Scapulohumeral periarthritis | Supraclavicular fossa | Hemopneumothorax caused by broken needle | Country doctor | Recovered after surgery | Wang, 2000 [80] | 1 | 54/M | The left upper limb dysfunction | Upperlimb | Sticking of needle | Not specified | Recovered | Geng, 2005 [76] | 1 | 58/M | Chronic bronchitis and emphysema | LU1 | Damage of arteria coronaria and cardiac tamponade caused by embedded needle | Self | Recovered after surgery | Quan, 2008 [77] | 1 | 43/F | Gastric disease | Xiphoid | Palpitation and paroxysmal pricking pain caused by broken needle | Not specified | Recovered after surgery | Liu and Yu, 2010 [78] | 1 | 45/F | Multiple injuries by traffic | RN23 | Pulmonary bulla caused by embedded needle | Not specified | Recovered after surgery | Cheng, 2010 [79] | 1 | 55/M | Lumbago | Lower limb | Broken needle | Not specified | Recovered after surgery |
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