Fourty One Cases on MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) Change of Hivd of L-Spine Patient Who Have Been Improvement on Megadose Pharmacoacupuncture and Korean Medical Treatments

Abstract

Objectives The purpose of this study is to report the effect of Megadose Pharmacoacupuncture combined with conservative Korean medicine treatment on Herniated InterVertebral Disc (HIVD) of lumbar spine patient diagnosed by Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI). Methods This study includes 41 patients whose Lumbar Disc Herniations were by MRIbetween 1st Aprill 2011 and 31th March 2016. All of the patients were treated with Megadose Pharmacoacupuncture combined with Korean medicine treatment. The MRI examination was performed on two or more occasions (minimally, pre-treatment and post-treatment). The volume of each herniated disc was measured. For each patient, age, sex, disc migration, morphology, initial LDH size, herniated disc resorption rate were analysed. Results The mean volumes of herniated discs at pre-treatment and post-treatment were 1321.62±467.

Cervical and Lumbar Herniated Nucleus Pulposus Resorption after Acupotomy with Integrative Korean Medicine Treatment: A Case Series of Two Patients

“…Conservative Korean Medicine treatment of HNP is being practiced. In case reports that accompanied large dose pharmacopuncture [13], bee venom [14], and chuna [15] with Korean Medicine treatment, radiological change of the herniated disc was observed. Acupotomy has been shown to decrease pain [3][4][5], but to date there has not been a Korean clinical case reported that has compared radiological evidence of change before and after acupotomy using CT or MRI imaging.…”