Browse > Article

Treatment of Canine Cervical and Lumbar Disc Disease by Injection-Acupuncture  

Kim Duck-Hwan (College of Veterinary Medicine, Chungnam National University)
Liu Jian-Zhu (College of Veterinary Medicine, Chungnam National University)
Lee Young-Won (College of Veterinary Medicine, Chungnam National University)
Song Kun-Ho (College of Veterinary Medicine, Chungnam National University)
Kang Sang-Kyu (College of Veterinary Medicine, Chungnam National University)
Choi Ho-Jung (College of Veterinary Medicine, Chungnam National University)
Seo Kang-Moon (Department of Veterinary Surgery, College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University)
Choi Seok-Hwa (College of Veterinary Medicine, Chungbuk National University)
Nam Tchi-Chou (Department of Veterinary Surgery, College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University)
Rogers Phil A.M. (Teagasc, Orange Research Centre)
Publication Information
Journal of Veterinary Clinics / v.23, no.1, 2006 , pp. 65-68 More about this Journal
Abstract
Two cases of canine intervertebral disc disease (IVDD) were treated twice a week with injection-acupuncture (injection-AP) using 0.1 ml/acupoint. In case 1, a paralysed dog with cervical intervertebral disc disease (C3-C4), was submitted to injection-AP with dexamethasone (1 mg/ml) at session 1-2 and thiamine (25 mg/ml) at session 3-5. Injected acupoints included GV-16, GB-20, BL-10, LU-7, LI-4 and SI-6. The acupoints GV-6, GV-20 and SP-6 were added at session 2-5. Trigger point (TP) therapy with 0.2 ml of 2% lidocaine was used in session 3-5 at TP in the infraspinatus and triceps muscles. Treatment was stopped when paralysis disappeared after 5 injection-AP treatments; there were no recurrent symptoms in the follow-up period of 5 months. In case 2, an ataxic dog with lumbar IVDD (L1-L2), was submitted to injection-AP with dexamethasone at session 1 and 2 and thiamine at session 3-4. Injected acupoints included GV-6 as the main point, ST-36, GB-30, ST-40, GB-34, ST-41 and BL-40. TP therapy with 0.2 ml of 2% lidocaine was used at TP in the ileocostorum lumborum and quadriceps muscles. Treatment was stopped when ataxia disappeared after 4 treatments; there were no recurrent symptoms In the fallow-up period of 5 months. Injection-AP using dexamethasone and thiamine, combined with TP therapy using lidocaine, effectively alleviate the symptoms of canine cervical and lumbar IVDD.
Keywords
treatment; canine discs; injection-acupuncture;
Citations & Related Records
연도 인용수 순위
  • Reference
1 Bray JP, Burbidge HM. The canine intervertebral disk: Part I: Structure and function. J Am Anim Hosp Assoc 1998b; 34: 55-63   DOI
2 Morgan RV, Bright RM, Swartous MS. Handbook of small animal practice. 4th ed. Elsevier Science. 2003: 263-265
3 Sether LA, Nguyen C, Yu SN, Haughton VM, Ho KC, Biller DS, Strandt JA, Eurell JC. Canine intervertebral disks: correlation of anatomy and MR imaging. Radiology 1990; 175: 207-211   DOI
4 You MJ, Kim DH, Cho SW, Yun WK, You KD. The effect of aquapuncture with hepatonics on the recovery in artificially induced hepatic damaged dogs. J Vet Clin 1997; 14: 308-318
5 Nwaas A. Clinical aspects of surgical treatment of thoracolumber disc disease in dogs. A retrospective study of 300 cases. Acta Veterinaria Brno 1999; 68: 121-130   DOI
6 Lin JH, Wu LS, Wu YL, Lin CS, Yang NY. Aquapuncture therapy of repeat breeding in dairy cattle. Am J Chin Med 2002; 30: 397-404   DOI   ScienceOn
7 Jang KH, Lee JM, Nam TC. Electroacupuncture and moxibustion for correction of abomasal displacement in dairy cattle. Kor J Vet Res 2003; 24: 93-95
8 Paraskeva A, Melemeni A, Petropoulos G, Siafaka I, Fassoulaki A. Needling of the extra I point decreases BIS values and preoperative anxiety. Am J Chin Med 2004; 32: 789-794   DOI   ScienceOn
9 Lee SE, Song KH, Liu J, Kwon HJ, Youn SB, Lee YW, Cho SH, Kim DH. The effectiveness of auriculoacupoint treatment for artificially induced acute hepatic injury in dogs. Am J Chin Med 2004; 32: 445-451   DOI   ScienceOn
10 Song KH, Hong MS, Seo JM, Lee SE, Lee YW, Kim DH. Cases applied the electroacupuncture and combined therapy with electroacupuncture and aquapuncture for canine hind limb paralysis. JVM. 2003; 56: 889-892
11 Bray JP, Burbidge HM. The canine intervertebral disk. part II: Degenerative changes-nonchondrodystrophoid versus chondrodystrophoid disks. J Am Anim Hosp Assoc 1998a; 34: 135-44   DOI
12 Yung KT. A birdcage model for the Chinese Meridian System: part I. A channel as a transmission line. Am J Chin Med 2004; 32:815-828   DOI   ScienceOn
13 Frost GE. Canine cervical intervertebral disc disease. J S Afr Vet Assoc 1979; 50: 205-206
14 Hwang SH, Seo JM, Hong MS, Choi YS, Song KH, Kim DH, Kim MC Shin KS. Immunomodulatory effect of aquapuncture with canine parvovirus vaccine. J Vet Clin 2001; 18: 368-373   과학기술학회마을
15 Kim HW, Kwon VB, Han HJ, Yang IS, Beitz AJ, Lee JH. Antinociceptive mechanisms associated with diluted bee venom acupuncture (apipuncture) in the rat formalin test: involvement of descending adrenergic and serotonergic pathways. Pharmac Res 2005; 51: 183-188   DOI   ScienceOn
16 Li Y, Liang FR, Yu SG, Li CD, Hu LX, Zhou D, Yuan XL, Li Y, Xia XH. Efficacy of acupuncture and moxibustion in treating Bell's palsy: a multicenter randomized controlled trial in China. J Chin Med 2004; 117: 1502-1506
17 Kim DH, Cho SH, Song KH, Lee SE, Lee SH, Kwon GO, Kim IB, Kim YC, Cho JH, Kwan YY, Kim JW. Electroacupuncture analgesia for surgery in cattle. Am J Chin Med 2004; 32: 131-140   DOI   ScienceOn
18 Schoen AM. Veterinary acupuncture: Ancient art to modem medicine. 1st ed., Mosby. 2004: 191-199
19 Hong MS, Lee JY, Lee B, Lee SE, Seo JM, Song KH, Kim DH, Cho KW Kim MC. The effect of laserpuncture and aquapuncture with methionine on the recovery in artificially induced hepatic damaged rats. J Vet Clin 2002; 19: 125-131
20 Lee HJ, Lee B, Choi SH, Hahm DH, Kim MR, Roh PU, Pyun KH, Golden G, Yang CH, Shim I Electroacupuncture reduces stress-induced expression of c-fos in the brain of the rat. Am J Chin Med 2004; 32: 795-806   DOI   ScienceOn