The Treatment of Postherpetic Neuralgia in the Head and Face With Superficial Needling Combined With Electroacupuncture

Summary

Based on the inclusion and exclusion criteria, patients with head and face PHN who met the requirements were selected as trial subjects, and the efficacy was clarified in a randomized controlled design trial. The visual analog score VAS was used as the primary evaluation index, and the depression self-assessment scale score , Hamilton depression scale, Pittsburgh sleep quality index scale, and quality of life evaluation scale (SF-36) were used as the secondary evaluation indexes, and oral pregabalin was used as the control group, and the subjects in the pregabalin and the plexus superficial stabbing combined with electroacupuncture groups were observed respectively at the time of Before treatment, immediately after the first treatment, after 2 days of treatment, after 2 weeks of treatment, after 4 weeks of treatment, after 1 month of follow-up after the end of treatment and after 2 months of follow-up after the end of treatment.

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Start

2024-07-12

Primary completion

2025-06-30

Completion

2025-12-31

Publications

• Qiu P, Sun H, Xia Y, Qu S, Fang J, Li X. The efficacy of electroacupuncture for postherpetic neuralgia arising from herpes zoster affecting the cephalo-facial area: study protocol for a double center randomized controlled trial. Front Med (Lausanne). 2025 Aug 28;12:1616035. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2025.1616035. eCollection 2025.

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