Wednesday, January 01, 2014
Acupuncture with Gold for Knee Osteoarthritis
I have treated thousands of patients with knee arthritis and never heard of gold acupuncture as an option. In the most recent issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, a case report discusses the topic.
Gold Acupuncture Knee X-ray
From the NEJM, 2013, See Link Below
Apparently, this form of treatment is common in some Asian countries. As you can see from the x-ray above, it looks like a a bunch of pine needles or staples have invaded the knee. I do not know of any data supporting this type of approach but it does make for a very interesting x-ray.
Here is a link to the New England Journal of Medicine Case Report:
http://www.nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1056/NEJMicm1202540
Yoo and Yoo NEJM 2013
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