Caracausi S R, Lorenzini R, Pilloni C, Tognali F, Sciaretta G
Minerva Med. 1981 Sep 15;72(33):2209-14.
Cerebral function has been monitored by means of the spectral analysis of EEG during general pharmacological anaesthesia and during electrohypoalgesia (auriculoacupuncture) in patients subjected to chest and heart surgery. The results have shown that during electrohypoalgesia, waking or subvigilance frequencies predominate, an aspect that is quite different from those recorded in patients subjected to general pharmacological anaesthesia. It is therefore demonstrated that electrohypoalgesia is useful for surgery and saves the patient from pharmacological aggression which, while on the one hand suppressing the state of awareness, along with its analgesic and neurovegetative protection action, is not free from risks and undesirable side-effects, particularly in high risk patients. The usefulness, harmlessness and simplicity of the method as an alternative to other anaesthesiological schedules is confirmed.
在接受胸部和心脏手术的患者中，通过脑电图频谱分析对全身药理学麻醉期间和电针镇痛（耳针疗法）期间的脑功能进行了监测。结果表明，在电针镇痛期间，清醒或亚警觉频率占主导，这一点与接受全身药理学麻醉的患者所记录的情况有很大不同。因此证明，电针镇痛对手术有用，可使患者免受药理学侵害，药理学麻醉虽然一方面抑制意识状态及其镇痛和神经植物保护作用，但并非没有风险和不良副作用，特别是在高危患者中。该方法作为其他麻醉方案的替代方法的有效性、无害性和简单性得到了证实。
