Wound-healing effect of acupuncture for treating phonotraumatic vocal pathologies: A cytokine study.
Edwin M L YiuKaren M K ChanNicole Y K LiRaymond TsangKatherine Verdolini AbbottElaine KwongEstella P M MaFred W TseZhixiu LinPublished in: The Laryngoscope (2015)
The findings showed that acupuncture of voice-related acupoints facilitated an anti-inflammatory process in phonotraumatic vocal pathologies. This could be considered as supporting evidence to consider acupuncture as a less-invasive alternative option, when compared to surgery, for treating phonotraumatic vocal pathologies.