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[Justification of the traditional Chinese method of acupuncture in the complex rehabilitation following oral surgery]

SzÃ©p B.

In the Oral-Surgical Department of the Budapest Semmelweis KÃ³rhÃ¡z (Semmelweis Hospital) 16 patients operated because of parotis tumor were subjected to acupuncture treatment in the hope of quicker rehabilitation of their paresis. In 11 cases the transitory facialis paresis became significantly shorter after the operation.