Acupuncture and the Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery Patient

Chau T Nguyen; Malcolm B Taw

doi:10.1016/j.otc.2022.06.011

Acupuncture and the Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery Patient

Otolaryngol Clin North Am. 2022 Oct;55(5):1087-1099. doi: 10.1016/j.otc.2022.06.011. Epub 2022 Sep 7.

Authors

Chau T Nguyen¹, Malcolm B Taw²

Affiliations

¹ Division of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Ventura County Medical Center, 300 Hillmont Avenue, Suite 401, Ventura, CA 93003, USA. Electronic address: chau.nguyen@ventura.org.
² UCLA Center for East-West Medicine, 1250 La Venta Drive, Suite 101A, Westlake Village, CA 91361, USA.

PMID: 36088161
DOI: 10.1016/j.otc.2022.06.011

Abstract

The use of acupuncture among US adults was estimated at nearly 40% in 2012. A study from the United Kingdom in 2010 found 60% of otolaryngologic patients had used a form of complementary or integrative medicine, with greater than a third in the last year alone. Acupuncture, a therapeutic modality of traditional Chinese medicine, has been used for millennia in Asian countries. Within otolaryngology, acupuncture has been used for a variety of conditions encompassing otology, laryngology, rhinology, and pediatrics. Herein, we review the current literature on the applications of acupuncture for a range of ENT disorders.

Keywords: Acupuncture; Laryngology; Otolaryngology; Otology; Pediatrics; Posttonsillectomy pain; Rhinology.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Acupuncture Therapy*
Adult
Asia
Child
Humans
Otolaryngology*
Otorhinolaryngologic Diseases* / therapy
United Kingdom