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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 Lin
Published 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.
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