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Clinical Evaluation Of Biopuncture In The Treatment Of Pain Syndrome In Patients Treated Of Breast Cancer Gaston Orellana Alvarellos, MD Reckeweg Incentive.

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1 Clinical Evaluation Of Biopuncture In The Treatment Of Pain Syndrome In Patients Treated Of Breast Cancer Gaston Orellana Alvarellos, MD Reckeweg Incentive Award Congress Center, Baden-Baden November 1, 2008

2 Introduction Treatment of breast cancer affects quality of life Residual pain (arm, shoulder, scapula) – in 30-50% of patients

3 The problem Problem –Tissue damage –Exudative and degenerative processes Therapeutic approach: –Drainage to eliminate those elements which block the defence system and prevent natural healing NSAIDS are not the answer

4 Treatment Medication –Biopuncture –Traumeel amps.(2.2 ml) –Procaine 2% (5 ml) Site of injection –Chinese acupuncture points Frequency –Once a week

5 Design of the study Inclusion criteria –Only those patients who completed at least twelve months of conventional pain treatment after chemo- or radio-therapy WITHOUT resolution of their pain syndrome Questionaire Before treatmentAfter treatment Traumeel + Procaine 6 months

6 PATIENTAGESURGERYCHEMOTHERAPY AVR81Conservative(-) SDF75Conservative(-) TCD52Conservative(+) CAG69Conservative(+) MBA72Conservative(-) SLA74Radical(-) PCT62Conservative(-) POI65Radical(+) MMS78Radical(-) Table 1. Description of the included patients

7 Figure 1. Pain during the course the treatment as assessed using a VAS (Visual Analogue Scale). IMMEDIATELY

8 PatientGoodSatisfactoryUnsatisfactory AVR* SDF* TCD* CAG* MBA* SLA* PCT* POI* MMS* Table 2. Patient assessment of treatment outcome

9 Thank you for your attention!!! Hasta la vista!


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