Clinical effect of acupotomy combined with stellate ganglion block on cervical vertigo#br#
HU Guoqiang1 DU Xiaonan1 TIAN Jiaqi2
1.Department of Rehabilitation, Shijiazhuang Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Hebei Province, Shijiazhuang 050051, China;
2.Graduate School, Hebei North University, Hebei Province, Zhangjiakou 075000, China
Abstract:Objective To observe the clinical effect of acupotomy combined with stellate ganglion block on cervical vertigo (CV) patients, and to provide ideas and methods for the treatment and research of CV. Methods A total of 60 CV patients admitted to Shijiazhuang Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine from January 2020 to January 2021 were selected and they were divided into control group and treatment group by random number table method, with 30 cases in each group. The control group was treated with stellate ganglion block once a week, twice in total. The treatment group was treated with acupotomy once a week on the basis of the control group, twice in total. The cervical vertigo symptoms and functional assessment scales (ESCV) and transcranial doppler (TCD) were performed in both groups before and after treatment, and the data of the two groups were compared before and after treatment. The clinical efficacy of the two groups was observed and compared. Results Before treatment, there were no significant differences in ESCV score, mean blood flow velocity, peak systolic blood flow velocity, and end diastolic blood flow velocity between the two groups (P > 0.05). After treatment, ESCV score, mean blood flow velocity, peak systolic blood flow velocity, and end diastolic blood flow velocity in the two groups were higher than before treatment, and the treatment group was higher than the control group, the differences were statistically significant (P < 0.05). The clinical efficacy of the treatment group was better than that of the control group, and the difference was statistically significant (P < 0.05). Conclusion Acupotomy combined with stellate ganglion block is effective in the treatment of CV and has clinical significance. Its long-term efficacy needs further clinical verification.