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Journal of The Korean Society of Emergency Medicine 1996;7(3): 429-433. |
| PNEUMOTHORAX FOLLOWING BY ACUPUNCTURE |
| Eun Kyoung Eo, Jun Seob Shin, Ok Kyung Choi |
| Department of Emergency Medicine, Ewha Womans University Mokdong Hospital |
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Published online: September 30, 1996. |
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| ABSTRACT |
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Acupuncture is occasionally used in the treatment of intractable pain in the neck, shoulder, and any other site. Complications seem to be increasing by the frequency of acupuncture. Patients undergoing such therapy should be advised on its potential hazards. During the management of the patient with dyspnea, we experienced two cases of pneurnothorax associated with acupuncture.
A 53-year-old male and a 44-year-old female were carried into the emergency department in our hospital. They experienced shortness of breath and respiratory difficulty after multiple needle insertion in their back during acupuncture procedure. The chest X-ray was immediately taken and pneurnothorax was found. The closed-chest thoracotomy with underwater seal drainage was performed in the emergency department. They were discharged after the chest tubes were removed, confirming the complete reexpansion of the lung.
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| Key words:
Pneumothorax. Acupuncture |
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