Combined treatment of conventional techniques and acupressure in laryngectomized patients
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MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL, LARYNGECTOMYAbstract
Background: the use of traditional medicine techniques, specifically acupressure, along with established techniques, is widely used in developed countries for the rehabilitation of the laryngectomized patients.Objective: to describe the effectiveness of the combination of conventional techniques and those using acupressure in laryngectomized patients seen at the department of speech and phoniatrics of Ernesto Guevara Hospital from January, 2013 to December, 2014.
Methods: a quasi-experimental study was carried out on a sample of 24 patients who had undergone laryngectomy and presented voluntarily or were referred for voice rehabilitation in the period and place herein mentioned. The sample was divided into two groups of 12 each. The first group was treated by the conventional method and the second group was treated with a combination of the traditional method and acupressure.
Results: in the group of patients that received a conventional treatment a 50 % achieved rehabilitation. In the group where conventional techniques were combined with acupressure, rehabilitation of a 91,6 % was achieved. No adverse effects were manifested.
Conclusions: the unit of the conventional technique with acupressure reduced the time for the rehabilitation of patients and increased the number of patients rehabilitated.
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