Modified Battlefield Acupuncture Does Not Reduce Pain or Improve Quality of Life in Patients with Lower Extremity Surgery.

Conclusion: The use of modified battlefield acupuncture protocol does not change pain opioid use or quality of life in those with lower extremity surgery. PMID: 30371882 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30371882?dopt=Abstract

Source: Military Medicine - October 30, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Mil Med Source Type: research

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