Analgesia acupuntural y bloqueos terapéuticos en pacientes con lumbociatalgia: Labor de enfermería

an analytical, longitudinal and prospective study about acupuncture analgesia and therapeutic blocks used a procedure in 200 patients with lumbosciatica attended at the clinic for the treatment of pain of the "alberto fernández montes de oca" general teaching hospital, in san luis, province of santiago de cuba, from july, l996, to march, l997, was conducted aimed at determining the response to treatment, comparing its effectiveness and showing the work carried out by the nurses in the application of both techniques. it was found that the acupuncture treatment of lumbosciatica produced release in all the patients treated by this method, that besides being innocuos was very cheap. there was a difference of $8 513 compared with the traditional technique.