Objective:To observe the clinical efficacy of electroacupuncture(EA)in controlling myopia in children and its effect on retinal blood flow.Methods:Sixty-eight myopic children were randomly divided into an observation ...Objective:To observe the clinical efficacy of electroacupuncture(EA)in controlling myopia in children and its effect on retinal blood flow.Methods:Sixty-eight myopic children were randomly divided into an observation group and a control group,with 34 cases in each group.The control group was given auricular acupressure treatment alone,and the observation group was treated with EA once a week in addition to the treatment used in the control group.The spherical equivalent refraction(SER)and axial length(AL)were measured at baseline,and after 3 months and 6 months of treatment.Optical coherence tomography angiography was used to measure the vessel density(VD)and perfusion density(PD)in the surface layer of the retina.Results:After 3 months and 6 months of treatment,the changes in SER between the two groups were not statistically significant(P>0.05).After 3 months of treatment,the changes in AL between the two groups were not statistically significant(P>0.05);after 6 months of treatment,the change amount of AL in the observation group was smaller than that in the control group(P<0.05);after 3 months and 6 months of treatment,the changes in VD and PD in the surface layer of the retina in the observation group were significantly greater than those in the control group(P<0.01).Conclusion:EA treatment once a week for 6 months can delay the increase of AL and improve the retinal surface blood flow in myopic children.展开更多
文摘Objective:To observe the clinical efficacy of electroacupuncture(EA)in controlling myopia in children and its effect on retinal blood flow.Methods:Sixty-eight myopic children were randomly divided into an observation group and a control group,with 34 cases in each group.The control group was given auricular acupressure treatment alone,and the observation group was treated with EA once a week in addition to the treatment used in the control group.The spherical equivalent refraction(SER)and axial length(AL)were measured at baseline,and after 3 months and 6 months of treatment.Optical coherence tomography angiography was used to measure the vessel density(VD)and perfusion density(PD)in the surface layer of the retina.Results:After 3 months and 6 months of treatment,the changes in SER between the two groups were not statistically significant(P>0.05).After 3 months of treatment,the changes in AL between the two groups were not statistically significant(P>0.05);after 6 months of treatment,the change amount of AL in the observation group was smaller than that in the control group(P<0.05);after 3 months and 6 months of treatment,the changes in VD and PD in the surface layer of the retina in the observation group were significantly greater than those in the control group(P<0.01).Conclusion:EA treatment once a week for 6 months can delay the increase of AL and improve the retinal surface blood flow in myopic children.