Table 9.

Complications caused by broken needles.

Author/year (reference)	Cases	Age/sex	Disease treated	Punctured site	Complication	Practitioner	Follow-up
Yang, 1986 [6]	1	45/M	Flaccid paralysis	ST36, LI11	Bent needle	Acupuncturist	Recovered
Lu and Teng, 1994 [75]	1	39/M	Scapulohumeral periarthritis	Supraclavicular fossa	Hemopneumothorax caused by broken needle	Country doctor	Recovered after surgery
Wang, 2000 [80]	1	54/M	The left upper limb dysfunction	Upperlimb	Sticking of needle	Not specified	Recovered
Geng, 2005 [76]	1	58/M	Chronic bronchitis and emphysema	LU1	Damage of arteria coronaria and cardiac tamponade caused by embedded needle	Self	Recovered after surgery
Quan, 2008 [77]	1	43/F	Gastric disease	Xiphoid	Palpitation and paroxysmal pricking pain caused by broken needle	Not specified	Recovered after surgery
Liu and Yu, 2010 [78]	1	45/F	Multiple injuries by traffic	RN23	Pulmonary bulla caused by embedded needle	Not specified	Recovered after surgery
Cheng, 2010 [79]	1	55/M	Lumbago	Lower limb	Broken needle	Not specified	Recovered after surgery