Clinical Records Auricular Complications of Acupuncture

ALEXANDER P , FAIRLEY GH , and SMITHERS DW (1974). Repeated acupunctures and serum hepatitis. British Medical Journal, 2: 466.

ALLISON G , and KRAVITZ E (1973). Auricular chondritis secondary to acupuncture. New England Journal of Medicine, 293: 780.

ANON (1981). How does acupuncture work? British Medical Journal, 9: 746–748.

BALTIMORE RS , and MOLOY PJ (1976). Perichondritis of the ear as a complication of acupuncture. Archives of Otolaryngology, 102: 572–573.

CARRON H , EPSTEIN BS , and GRAND B (1974) Complications of acupuncture. JAMA, 228: 1552–1554.

CHANG TW (1974). Activation of cutaneous herpes by acupuncture. New England Medical Journal, 291: 1310.

DAVIS O , and POWELL W Auricular perichondritis secondary to acupuncture. Arch Otolaryngol. 1985; 111: 770–771.

GILLIAMS I , LEWITH GT , and MACHIN D (1984). Acupuncture and group therapy in stopping smoking. The Practitioner, 228: 341–344.

GRAY'S ANATOMY. Edition 35 (1973) (Warwick, R, and Williams, P Eds), p 1135.

HUSSAIN KK (1974). Serum hepatitis associated with repeated acupunctures. British Medical Journal 2: 41–42.

JAYASURIYA A (1981). Textbook of Acupuncture Science, p 902. The Acupuncture Foundation of Sri Lanka.

LOVEJOY FH , and SMITH DH (1970). Life threatening Staphylococcal disease following ear piercing. Paediatrics, 46: 301–303.

MANN F (1978). Acupuncture: The Ancient Chinese Art of Healing, Edition 3, Heinemann (London).

MENDELSON G (1977). Acupuncture Analgesia. 1. Review of Clinical Studies. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Medicine, 7: 642–648.

PIERIK MG (1982). Fatal septicaemia following acupuncture. Rhode Island Medical Journal, 65: 251–253.

ROMAGUERA C (1981). Contact dermatitis from a permanent acupuncture needle: Contact Dermatitis, 7: 156–157.

TRAUTERMANN HG (1981). Perichondritis of the ear auricle after acupuncture. HNO, 29: 1312–1313.

WALTER JB , and ISRAEL MS (1979). General Pathology. Edition 5, p 101. Churchill Livingstone (London).