What are the treatment methods of paraplegia?

Modern western medicine has no ideal method for this disease except surgical treatment of acute spinal cord injury. This disease is one of the most important refractory diseases.

The clinical articles on modern acupuncture treatment of paraplegia first appeared in 1954 [1]. Until the 1960s, there were few reports, and most of them were paraplegia cases caused by spinal tuberculosis. From the end of 1960s to the mid-1970s, there was an upsurge in the treatment of traumatic paraplegia in the acupuncture field in China. Some beneficial explorations were made in various places, and some achievements were made, and a book "Handbook of Prevention and Treatment of Traumatic Paraplegia" was compiled. In 1980s, the work of acupuncture and moxibustion in treating paraplegia continued, and a more objective and scientific attitude was adopted in the aspects of point selection, manipulation and curative effect evaluation.

At present, it is generally advocated to solve the conditions of regeneration and recovery after spinal cord injury before acupuncture, that is, to solve the necessary pathways, actively carry out early cooperation surgery and closed reduction. In terms of acupuncture methods, acupuncture is still the main method, which can be combined with awn needle, electroacupuncture and acupoint injection. And oral Chinese and western medicine. Most of the cases reported now are comprehensive treatment. Many data show that acupuncture and other acupoint stimulation can promote the recovery and regeneration of spinal cord injury under certain conditions, and can restore its dysfunction to varying degrees. Therefore, the clinical value of acupuncture in treating this disease should be affirmed. The effective rate of acupuncture is about 80%, and the basic recovery rate is about 15 ~ 20%.