[Treatment of 58 cases of vitiligo by electro-plum-blossom needle therapy combined with catgut implantation at acupoints under TDP radiation].

OBJECTIVE: To search for a method for increasing therapeutic effect on vitiligo. METHODS: One hundred and sixteen cases were randomly divided into a treatment group and a control group, 58 cases in each group. The treatment group were treated with electro-plum-blossom needle therapy plus catgut implantation at local acupoints under TDP radiation, and the control group with external application of sicorten. Their short-term and long-term therapeutic effects were observed. RESULTS: The short-term total effective rate was 98.3% in the treatment group and 74.1% in the control group with a significant difference between the two groups (P < 0.05). CONCLUSION: Electro-plum-blossom needle therapy plus catgut implantation at acupoints has a better therapeutic effect on vitiligo with no adverse effect.