Comment on: Acupuncture analgesia during surgery: a systematic review by Hyangsook Lee and Edzard Ernst, Pain 114 (2005) 511-517.

Acupuncture analgesia during surgery: a systematic review.

The aim of this systematic review is to assess the effectiveness of acupuncture as an adjunctive analgesic method to standard anaesthetic procedures for surgery and to determine whether acupuncture has any analgesic-sparing effect. Electronic literature searches for randomised clinical trials (RCTs) of acupuncture during surgery were performed in seven electronic databases. No language restrict...

Acupuncture for labor pain management: A systematic review.

Acupuncture is widely used to alleviate symptoms in a variety of painful conditions. In obstetrics and gynecology, acupuncture has also been applied to a range of conditions including labor pain. This systematic review aims to critically evaluate the evidence on analgesic effect of acupuncture during labor. Computerized literature searches of 7 databases were performed for randomized clinical t...

Acupuncture for the Treatment of Tinnitus: A Systematic Review

Comment on: Efficacy of acupuncture in fibromyalgia syndrome--a systematic review with a meta-analysis of controlled clinical trials.

SIR, We appreciate the comment of Prof. Ernst [1]. Mayhew and Ernst [2] summarized the results of a qualitative analysis of five controlled trials with acupuncture in fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) as follows: ‘Their methodological quality was mixed and frequently low. Three RCTs suggested positive but mostly short-lived effects and two yielded negative results. There was no significant difference...

Effect of single-dose intravenous ibuprofen before surgery on post-anesthesia pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Introduction: During the last few years, the trend of using non-opioid drugs for the management of pain after surgery has been highly welcomed, and on the other hand, considering the contradictory results of the preventive use of intravenous ibuprofen before surgery, the present study aimed at the effect of a single dose of intravenous ibuprofen before surgery. A systematic review and meta-anal...