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Hindawi Publishing Corporation Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine Volume 2011, Article ID 157090, 6 pages doi:10.1155/2011/157090 Research Article Short-Term Effects of Acupuncture on Open-Angle Glaucoma in Retrobulbar Circulation: Additional Therapy to Standard Medication Shin Takayama,1 Takashi Seki,1 Toru Nakazawa,2 Naoko Aizawa,2 Seri Takahashi,2 Masashi Watanabe,1 Masayuki Izumi,1 Soichiro Kaneko,1 Tetsuharu Kamiya,1 Ayane Matsuda,1 Akiko Kikuchi,1 Tomoyuki Yambe,3 Makoto Yoshizawa,4 Shin-ichi Nitta,3 and Nobuo Yaegashi1 1 Department of Traditional Asian Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, 1-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8574, Japan 2 Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8574, Japan 3 Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8575, Japan 4 Research Division on Advanced Information Technology, Cyberscience Center, Tohoku University, Japan Correspondence should be addressed to Takashi Seki, t-seki@m.tohoku.ac.jp Received 29 October 2010; Revised 7 December 2010; Accepted 11 January 2011 Copyright © 2011 Shin Takayama et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Background. The relation between glaucoma and retrobulbar circulation in the prognosis has been indicated. Purpose. To investigate the effects of acupuncture on retrobulbar circulation in open-angle glaucoma (OAG) patients. Methods. Eleven OAG patients (20 eyes with OAG) who were treated by topical antiglaucoma medications for at least 3 months were enr