Randomized controlled trial of a special acupuncture technique for pain after thoracotomy Gary Deng, MD, PhD, Valerie Rusch, MD, Andrew Vickers, PhD,

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Randomized controlled trial of a special acupuncture technique for pain after thoracotomy Gary Deng, MD, PhD, Valerie Rusch, MD, Andrew Vickers, PhD, Vivek Malhotra, MD, Pamela Ginex, RN, Robert Downey, MD, Manjit Bains, MD, Bernard Park, MD, Nabil Rizk, MD, Raja Flores, MD, Simon Yeung, RPh, Barrie Cassiletha, PhD The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Volume 136, Issue 6, Pages 1464-1469 (December 2008) DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2008.07.053 Copyright © 2008 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions

Figure 1 Acupuncture needles. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2008 136, 1464-1469DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2008.07.053) Copyright © 2008 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions

Figure 2 Participant flow (description and number of subjects). The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2008 136, 1464-1469DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2008.07.053) Copyright © 2008 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions

Figure 3 Histogram of acute pain scores by group. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2008 136, 1464-1469DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2008.07.053) Copyright © 2008 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions