Acupressure reduces postoperative pain in pterygium, Study reveals
According to recent research, it has been observed that auricular point acupressure accelerates corneal epithelium reconstruction and suppresses postoperative pain, making it an ideal adjunct treatment for postoperative pterygium recovery.
The study is published in the Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice.
Postoperative pain in the pterygium of the eye seriously affects patient recovery.
Hence, LushaCen and colleagues from the Department of Ophthalmology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Chinacarried out the present study to assess the efficacy of auricular point acupressure treatment on post-operative recovery in patients after pterygium surgery.
The authors conducted a pilot, randomized controlled study including a total of 60 patients (60 eyes) who were randomly assigned to two groups out of which only fifty-three patients completed the study. After pterygium surgery, the auricular group was treated using ear acupressure (acupressure points with Cowherb seeds) and the control group was treated using sham auricular therapy (acupressure points without Cowherb seeds).
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