Treatment of Sciatica Following Uterine Cancer with Acupuncture: A Case Report

For women, gynaecological or obstetrical disorders are second to disc prolapse as the most common cause of sciatica. As not many effective conventional treatments can be found for sciatica following uterine cancer, patients may seek assistance from complementary and alternative medicine. Here, we pr...

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Autores principales: Xiao, Henry, Zaslawski, Christopher, Vardy, Janette, Oh, Byeongsang
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2018
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Brief Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5874571/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29342919
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medicines5010006
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author Xiao, Henry
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Vardy, Janette
Oh, Byeongsang
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description For women, gynaecological or obstetrical disorders are second to disc prolapse as the most common cause of sciatica. As not many effective conventional treatments can be found for sciatica following uterine cancer, patients may seek assistance from complementary and alternative medicine. Here, we present a case of a woman with severe and chronic sciatica secondary to uterine cancer who experienced temporary relief from acupuncture.
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spelling pubmed-58745712018-03-30 Treatment of Sciatica Following Uterine Cancer with Acupuncture: A Case Report Xiao, Henry Zaslawski, Christopher Vardy, Janette Oh, Byeongsang Medicines (Basel) Brief Report For women, gynaecological or obstetrical disorders are second to disc prolapse as the most common cause of sciatica. As not many effective conventional treatments can be found for sciatica following uterine cancer, patients may seek assistance from complementary and alternative medicine. Here, we present a case of a woman with severe and chronic sciatica secondary to uterine cancer who experienced temporary relief from acupuncture. MDPI 2018-01-15 /pmc/articles/PMC5874571/ /pubmed/29342919 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medicines5010006 Text en © 2018 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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title_full Treatment of Sciatica Following Uterine Cancer with Acupuncture: A Case Report
title_fullStr Treatment of Sciatica Following Uterine Cancer with Acupuncture: A Case Report
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5874571/
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