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ArticleJournal of pharmacopuncture2022

A Severe Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy Patient Treated with Integrative Korean Medicine Including Acupuncture, Bee Venom Pharmacopuncture and Herbal Medicine: a case report.

Da-Young An, Chae-Eun Kim, Suzy Han, Mi-Kyung Kim, Jun-Sang Yu, Seung-Ho Sun

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Article in Journal of pharmacopuncture, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Da-Young AnDepartment of Internal Korean Medicine, College of Korean Medicine, Sangji University, Wonju, Republic of Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6951-2053
Chae-Eun KimDepartment of Internal Korean Medicine, College of Korean Medicine, Sangji University, Wonju, Republic of Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9666-5976
Suzy HanDepartment of Sasang Korean Medicine, College of Korean Medicine, Sangji University, Wonju, Republic of Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4548-2923
Mi-Kyung KimDepartment of Internal Korean Medicine, College of Korean Medicine, Sangji University, Wonju, Republic of Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9912-6249
Jun-Sang YuDepartment of Sasang Korean Medicine, College of Korean Medicine, Sangji University, Wonju, Republic of Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0190-0193
Seung-Ho SunDepartment of Internal Korean Medicine, College of Korean Medicine, Sangji University, Wonju, Republic of Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0668-9131
Sangji University · KR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM) is common in elderly people and severe CSM patients are recommended to receive surgery. However, in some cases, surgery may fail to improve the patients' symptoms. An 80-year-old man diagnosed with CSM complained of right hemiplegia and right arm and leg pain with the presence of a Foley catheter, despite treatment with laminectomy and laminoplasty. Acupuncture, bee venom pharmacopuncture, and herbal medicine were administered for 129 days. As a result, manual muscle testing (MMT) and the Modified Barthel Index (MBI) improved, the pain in his right arm and leg decreased, and he was able to urinate by himself. This case report implies that integrative Korean medicine (IKM) can be an option for patients suffering from muscular weakness resulting from myelopathy.

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a case reportbee venom pharmacopuncturecervical spondylotic myelopathyintegrative korean medicine

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