Yuyan Fan

Title : Acupuncture for optic atrophy caused by brain tumor

Abstract:

Importance: Among children and adolescents, brain and central nervous system tumors are the most common cause of non-accidental death and optic atrophy. Visual dysfunction negatively affects their lives. Acupuncture improves optic atrophy as well as the quality of life of children, especially those with brain tumors.
Objective: We examined the effectiveness of acupuncture as a complementary or alternative therapy for children with brain tumors.
Design: Case series
Setting: The children were referred to the acupuncture department.
Participants: Four children with brain tumors with visual impairment to varying extents.
Exposure: A combined treatment with abdominal and dorsal acupoints was adopted, with variations tailored to individual children.
Main Outcome: After acupuncture rehabilitation, visual acuity and quality of life improved without tumor enlargement.
Conclusions and Relevance: Acupuncture has positive effects on the quality of life of children with optic atrophy caused by intracranial tumors and does not cause brain tumor growth.

Biography:

Yuyan Fan, Dr, PhD. Prof. Master's Supervisor ,Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University. Postdoctoral fellow in Clinical Neurocirculation at Kagawa University School of Medicine in Japan and visiting scholar at City of Hope in the United States. I graduated from Liaoning University of Traditional Chinese Medicine in 1991. A member of the Special Committee for Modernization and Clinical Transformation of Ethnic Medicine, a member of the acupuncture and moxibustion Society of Beijing, a member of the Otolaryngology Branch of the Chinese Society of Traditional Chinese Medicine, a member of the Pain Professional Committee of the Chinese Society of Integrated Traditional and Western Medicine, and a member of the Beijing Allergy Society. Hosted and participated in 4 National Natural Science Foundation projects, 1 Beijing Natural Science Foundation project, and 4 provincial and ministerial level projects. Published over 40 Chinese and English academic works, and participated in writing 4 monographs.