Usefulness of acupunctural implantation in the treatment of central serous choroidopathy

Authors

  • Víctor Valentín Pagola Bérger Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico “Arnaldo Milián Castro”, Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba
  • Zoila Fariñas Falcón Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico “Arnaldo Milián Castro”, Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba

Keywords:

central serous chorioretinopathy, acupuncture therapy

Abstract

A quasi-experimental study was conducted with 20 patients who attended the retina consultation of the Eye Center of the Arnaldo Milian Castro Provincial University Hospital with clinical diagnosis of central serous chorioretinopathy during the period from April 2010 to February 2011 and received treatment of acupunctural implantation in the points IG4 and H2 in the first consultation and in the first, second and third month of follow up. All patients had the ophthalmologic medical history –that collected personal medical history and risk factors– and a study of the macular region with direct and indirect ophthalmoscopy and biomicroscopy of the posterior segment with 78-diopter precorneal lens. The measurement of visual acuity was recorded monthly and the study of the posterior segment was made; they also were asked how they felt. There was a predominance of males, between 30 and 50 years of age. The stress was the most important risk factor. Decreased visual acuity and a positive central scotoma were the most frequent signs and symptoms. There was an improvement of the visual acuity and the symptoms after a month of treatment with acupuncture. After three months, the improvement in visual acuity was 0.9 to 1.0 in 95% of patients, only one of them did not improve his vision.

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Author Biographies

Víctor Valentín Pagola Bérger, Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico “Arnaldo Milián Castro”, Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba

Especialista de I y II Grado en Cirugía General. Especialista de I y II Grado en Medicina Tradicional y Natural. Doctor en Ciencias Médicas. Profesor Consultante de la Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Villa Clara “Dr. Serafín Ruiz de Zárate Ruiz”.

Zoila Fariñas Falcón, Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico “Arnaldo Milián Castro”, Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba

Especialista de I y II Grado en Oftalmología. Profesora Asistente de la Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Villa Clara “Dr. Serafín Ruiz de Zárate Ruiz”.

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Pagola Bérger VV, Fariñas Falcón Z. Usefulness of acupunctural implantation in the treatment of central serous choroidopathy. Acta Méd Centro [Internet]. 2011 Jul. 1 [cited 2025 Sep. 11];5(3):89. Available from: https://revactamedicacentro.sld.cu/index.php/amc/article/view/647

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Vol. 5 No. 3 (2011): July-Septembre. Special Issue of Hospital Scientifics Event

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