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Successful Acupuncture Treatment of Uterine Myoma

Dubravko Habek orcid.org/0000-0003-1304-9279 ; Clinical Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Sveti Duh University Hospital, Zagreb, Croatia; Croatian Catholic University, Zagreb, Croatia
Alenka Akšamija ; Clinical Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Sveti Duh University Hospital, Zagreb, Croatia

Abstract

Our case report as the second one in the medical literature demonstrated successful outcome of acupuncture treatment of uterine myoma in terms of tumor size reduction and absence of hypermenorrhea and anemia with successful perinatal outcome with two healthy newborns after previous late miscarriage. Accordingly, acupuncture treatment can be used as an inexpensive, efficient and simple therapeutic option in the management of particular types of myoma.

Keywords

Uterine neoplasms – therapy; Myoma – therapy; Acupuncture; Case reports

Hrčak ID:

136827

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/136827

Publication date:

1.12.2014.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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