슬관절 반월상 연골 파열 후 수술 환자의 통증 감소에 대한 한의학적 치료 효과: 후향적 관찰연구

• Published in: 동의생리병리학회지 Vol. 33; no. 4; pp. 219 - 225
• Main Authors: 김상우(Sang Woo Kim), 오민석(Min Seok Oh)
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Korean
• Published: 한의병리학회 2019
• Subjects: 한의학; Korean medicine; Knee pain; Meniscal tear; Knee joint postoperative rehabilitation; NRS
• ISSN: 1738-7698; 2288-2529; 2283-2529
• DOI: 10.15188/kjopp.2019.08.33.4.219

The objective of this study is to observe the effectiveness of complex Korean Medicine treatments on pain reduction of patients after meniscal surgery. We analyzed 16 patients who have been diagnosed as Meniscal injury on Magnetic Resonance Imaging(MRI) scan and had admitted to Dunsan Korean Medical hospital from January 30, 2014 to April 30, 2019. The analysis was conducted as retrospective study which analyzes patient's medical records. Statistical analysis was performed using the IBM SPSS statistics 25 program. We used Numeric Rating Scale to evaluate pain reduction, Five-point likert scale to asses treatment satisfaction. The result showed that there were statistically significant pain reduction on the postoperative meniscal injury patients treated with complex Korean Medicine treatments. In conclusion, we found that the complex Korean Medicine treatments showed a positive effect on pain reduction of postoperative meniscal injury patients. Further research is required to confirm the effectiveness of Korean Medicine treatment.