Purpose: To determine the use of acupuncture in producing analgesia for extracapsular cataract extraction in adults Materials and Methods: 11 patients consented to undergo cataract surgery under acupuncture. Vital signs and visual analogue scale were used to evaluate the effectiveness of acupuncture analgesia Results: No significant change in vital signs was observed. VAS scores taken postoperatively were 0-1 in five patients; 2-3 in five patients and 5 in one patients Conclusion: The study was able to achieve its objective of demonstrating the usefulness of acupuncture analgesia for extracapsular cataract extraction.
Human ; Middle Aged ; Adult ; ACUPUNCTURE ; ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY ; ANALGESIA ; CATARACT EXTRACTION

Sixty subjects who were to undergo elective cesarean section were randomized into two groups which received spinal anesthesia with 0.2 mg morphine for abdominal delivery. The Nalbuphine group received 10 mg IV Nalbuphine (Nubain) every 6 hours postoperatively while the patients in the control group were given saline. Pain, nausea and vomiting, pruritus and the incidence of respiratory depression were assessed in both groups for the first 24 hours and then compared and analyzed. Both the subjects and the investigators were blinded The severity of nausea was significantly lower in the Nalbuphine group than in the Control groups while pruritus and pain scores failed to show any significant differences. None of the patients had any episodes of respiratory depression. (Author)
Human ; Female ; Adult ; INTRAVENOUS ; INTRATHECAL MORPHINE ; NALBUPHINE ; MORPHINE ; CESAREAN SECTION ; ANESTHESIA, SPINAL