Minerva Med. 1980 Dec; 71(51): 3715-8.

[Electro-acupuncture and trophic ulcer]

Di Bernardo N, Ferlazzo F, Biondo G, Cucinotta E, De Meo A.

Electroacupuncture was used in the treatment of 50 cases of tropic ulcer of the lower extremities, including 34 following phlebitis, by stimulation with a Roccia VTM apparatus at voltages and frequencies up to the patient's tolerance threshold. The needles stimulation was maintained for a maximum of 7 hr. A cure was obtained in all cases, including those where the ulcers were inveterate and resistant to routine forms of management.