Acupuncture for pain control after degenerative lumbar spine surgery

Table 3 Characteristics of 3 postoperative analgesia methods

	AC	PCA	NA
Effectiveness in relieving pain	Good	Good	Moderate
Duration of relief	Short	Prolonged	Short
Cost	Low	High	Low
Safety	High	Questionable	Questionable
Other	Fear of needle	Rebound pain

AC acupuncture, PCA patient-controlled analgesia, NA routine NSAIDs analgesics

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