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Table 1 Patient characteristics

From: The reporting quality of acupuncture-related traumatic adverse events: a systematic review of case studies in Korea

Study ID

(author, year)

Patient’s age (gender)

SOC classification

Final diagnosis (case numbers)

Bahn (1999) [34]

45 (M)

Nervous system

Cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea (1)

Chun (2014) [19]

48 (F)

Cardiac

Cardiac tamponade (1)

Chung (2008) [16]

66 (M)

Vascular

Limb hematoma (1)

Chung (2016) [40]

62 (M)

Eye

Ocular perforation (1)

Chung (2020) [33]

55 (M)

Gastrointestinal

Iatrogenic retroperitoneal hematoma (1)

Ha (2009) [17]

36 (M)

Gastrointestinal

Retropharyngeal hematoma (1)

Her (2013) [14]

62 (M)

Cardiac

Cardiac tamponade (1)

Hong (2006) [24]

46 (M)

Vascular

Pseudoaneurysm (1)

Hwang (2008) [26]

25 (F)

Gastrointestinal

Pneumoretroperitoneum (1)

Jeon (2004) [22]

56 (F)

Nervous system

Cisterna magna infarction (1)

Kang (2013) [30]

42 (F)

Eye

Ocular perforation (1)

Koo (2022) [21]

64 (F)

Vascular

Vertebro-vertebral arteriovenous fistula (1)

Kim (2006) [25]

66 (M)

Nervous system

Spinal cord infarction (1)

Kim (2009) [27]

71 (F)

Renal and urinary

Perirenal hematoma (1)

Kim (2011a) [36]

78 (M)

Cardiac

Cardiac tamponade (1)

Kim (2011b) [18]

55 (M)

Nervous system

Compression neuropathy of superficial peroneal nerve and deep peroneal nerve (1)

Kim (2011c) [37]

54 (F)

Cardiac

Hemopericardium (1)

Lee (2001) [13]

27 (F)

Respiratory

Pneumothorax (1)

Lee (2005) [23]

75 (F)

Gastrointestinal

Cecal hemorrhage (1)

Lee (2008) [35]

47 (M)

Nervous system

Median sensory neuropathy (1)

Lee (2020) [39]

58 (F)

Eye

Ocular perforation (1)

Moon (2013a) [29]

71 (F)

Vascular

Hemorrhage from the inferior epigastric artery (1)

Moon (2013b) [38]

55 (M)

Vascular

Ileocecal vein rupture (1)

Park (2013) [28]

69 (M)

Nervous system

Acute spinal subdural hematoma (1)

Park (2019) [31]

47 (M)

Nervous system

Spinal subdural hematoma (1)

Sung (2016) [15]

32 (M)

Respiratory

Pneumothorax (1)

Woo (2020) [32]

66 (F)

Nervous system

Cervical spinal cord injury (1)

Yeo (2021) [20]

54 (F)

Renal and urinary

Vesicocutaneous fistula (1)

  1. *SOC, system organ class