ArticleEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM2020
A Multicenter Randomized Controlled Pilot Trial Testing the Efficacy and Safety of Pterygopalatine Fossa Puncture Using One Acupuncture Needle for Moderate-to-Severe Persistent Allergic Rhinitis.
Article in Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- Sphenopalatine ganglion stimulation: a comprehensive evaluation across diseases in randomized controlled trials.Frontiers in neurology · 2024Pooled it
- Short-Term Effect of Stimulating the Pterygopalatine Ganglion Via Electroacupuncture on Choroidal Structure in Human Subjects.Translational vision science & technology · 2024Trial
- Concentration, Information, and Distributional Stability in High-Dimensional Portfolios: A Talagrand Stability Index Approach.Entropy (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Impact of Radiomics Parameters and Clinical Integration on Prognostication in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma: A Multicenter Study.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- A meta-analysis of acupuncture at the sphenopalatine ganglion for the treatment of allergic rhinitis.Frontiers in allergy · 2026Review
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Abstract
objectiveTo compare the efficacy and safety of pterygopalatine fossa puncture using one acupuncture needle inserted through the temporal fossa (intervention) and Chinese verum acupuncture (VA) in patients with moderate-to-severe persistent allergic rhinitis.
methodsThe patients were randomized to an intervention group receiving pterygopalatine fossa puncture with one acupuncture needle for 4 weeks (once or twice weekly, 4-8 sessions in total, with a second course performed if required) or to a control group receiving individualized VA for 4 weeks (twice weekly, eight sessions in total). Patients were followed up 4 weeks later.
resultsNinety-six participants were assigned to intervention (
conclusionsPterygopalatine fossa puncture using one acupuncture needle resulted in a shorter time to onset of effect, a longer duration of effectiveness, and less clinical waiting time when compared with VA. Though the significant differences for TNSS and TNNSS were shown within intervention and VA groups, there were no differences between the two groups. Although the rate of subcutaneous bleeding was low, these adverse events may influence patient compliance. This trial is registered with ISRCTN21980724.
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