Abstract
Treatment with SSP (silver spike point) as the premedication for endoscopic examination is characterized by simplicity of the acupuncture, ease of the usage and no complications.The purpose of this study was to apply SSP to alleviate the discomforts during the colonofiberscopic examinations. The subjects selected for this study were divided into three groups ; the first was the control group containing 21 cases, the second being the pentazocine group containing 17 cases to whom pentazocine of 30 mg was administerred, the third being the SSP group containing 43 cases to whom SSP treatment was performed as the premedication. The following results were obtained ; 1) Discomforts in the SSP group were less than that in the control group and pentazocine group. 2) Score of discomforts calculated objectively was 7.81 ± 2.54, 7.41 ± 2.40 and 4.28 ± 2.75 (mean±S. D.) in the control group, pentazocine group and SSP group, respectively. Score of discomforts in the SSP group was statistically lower (p<0.05) than that in the control group and pentazocine group. 3) The decrease of the score correlated to the time of induction of SSP. Therefore, it was concluded that SSP treatment was effective as the premedication for the colonof iberscopic examinations.
