A Case of Spinal Cord Injury After Aortic Dissection Aneurysm Rupture Treated by Warm Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine

Abstract

Spinal cord injury caused by aortic dissection aneurysm rupture is one of the common complications after aortic dissection rupture. This patient developed paraplegia due to gas and blood injury, stasis of arteries and arteries obstruction after aortic dissection aneurysm rupture. In order to treat the disease, the tutor from warm Yang tong Du, qi invigorate blood, kidney fill essence legislation, to the pathogenesis of the key as the breakthrough point, mainly with acupuncture, with traditional Chinese medicine treatment, in order to make qi and blood smooth operation, the essence of each other, promote the spinal cord and du repair. After half a year of treatment, the patient's lower limb motor and sensory functions returned to normal, and the bowel and urine functions returned to normal. The patient's daily life was significantly improved.

Spinal cord injury caused by aortic dissection aneurysm rupture is one of the common complications after aortic dissection rupture^[1].The main clinical manifestations were limb motor sensory dysfunction, bladder and rectal dysfunction.At present, it is considered that the main causes may be related to the embolism of cardiopulmonary bypass, low perfusion, spinal cord ischemia and hypoxia, post-ischemic reperfusion injury and systemic inflammatory response caused by cardiopulmonary bypass^[2][3]. At present, there are few reports on the treatment of the disease with acupuncture and moxibustion of traditional Chinese medicine. The author followed her mentor Professor He Xingwei to cure 1 case of the disease mainly with warm acupuncture and moxibustion combined with traditional Chinese medicine, which is reported as follows.