{"title":"A meta-analysis of the clinical efficacy of the combination of acupuncture and Chinese medicine in the treatment of haemorrhoids","authors":"Mengjie Zeng, Xue-Hui Cheng, Geer Chen, Ji-you Kou","doi":"10.3727/036012919x15650315071915","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"At present, surgical resection is the main method of the treatment of haemorrhoids, but is easy to recur after surgery. Recently, it is reported that acupuncture has a beneficial influence on haemorrhoids. Thus, whether acupuncture is effective in the treatment of haemorrhoids is the\n key in this meta-analysis. To evaluate the clinical efficacy of the treatment of combination of acupuncture and Chinese medicine in haemorrhoids by meta-analysis, which provide a scientific, effective and feasible evidence for clinical decision-making and practice. A systematic review and\n meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials (RCTs). A meta-analysis was performed by using Review Manager 5.3. All RCTs about combination of acupuncture and Chinese medicine versus Chinese medicine alone were selected and assessed for inclusion. The effective rate (ER), recurrence rate(RR),\n Symptom score before and after treatment (perianal edema, hemafecia, perianal pain, pruritus ani, prolapse of haemorrhoids) were the outcomes analyzed in this meta-analysis. II RCTs and 976 patients were included. The methodological quality of most included trials was low to moderate. In this\n meta-analysis, the clinical efficacy of combination of acupuncture and Chinese medicine was more effective than only Chinese medicine used in haemorrhoids. The effective rate [OR=5.24,95%CI(3.72,7.40), P<O. OOOOI], recurrence rate [OR=O.29, 95%CI(O. II, O.73), P=O.009], perianal edema [WMD=-O.74,95%CI-O.90\n to-O.59, P<O. OOOOI], hemafecia[WMD=-O.78,95%CI-O.89 to-O.67. P<O. OOOOI], perianal pain[WMD=-O.72,95%CI-O.94 to-O.50, P<O. OOOOI], pruritus ani[WMD=-O.75,95%CI-O.92 to-O.58, P<O. OOOOI] and prolapse of haemorrhoids[WMD=-0.43,95%CI-O.84 to-O.02, P=O.04] were shown in this meta-analysis.(OR:odds\n ratio;CI:confidence interval;WMD: weighted mean difference). There was about 96% of the clinical efficiency in the treatment of acupuncture plus Chinese medicine in haemorrhoids and 89% of that used in Chinese medicine alone, which indicates clearly that 7% higher efficiency in the experimental\n group compared with the control group. The treatment of combination of acupuncture and Chinese medicine in haemorrhoids is more useful than Chinese medicine alone applied in piles, which is shown in 91% of clinical effects in average.","PeriodicalId":50881,"journal":{"name":"Acupuncture & Electro-Therapeutics Research","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.2000,"publicationDate":"2019-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Acupuncture & Electro-Therapeutics Research","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.3727/036012919x15650315071915","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"INTEGRATIVE & COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
At present, surgical resection is the main method of the treatment of haemorrhoids, but is easy to recur after surgery. Recently, it is reported that acupuncture has a beneficial influence on haemorrhoids. Thus, whether acupuncture is effective in the treatment of haemorrhoids is the
key in this meta-analysis. To evaluate the clinical efficacy of the treatment of combination of acupuncture and Chinese medicine in haemorrhoids by meta-analysis, which provide a scientific, effective and feasible evidence for clinical decision-making and practice. A systematic review and
meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials (RCTs). A meta-analysis was performed by using Review Manager 5.3. All RCTs about combination of acupuncture and Chinese medicine versus Chinese medicine alone were selected and assessed for inclusion. The effective rate (ER), recurrence rate(RR),
Symptom score before and after treatment (perianal edema, hemafecia, perianal pain, pruritus ani, prolapse of haemorrhoids) were the outcomes analyzed in this meta-analysis. II RCTs and 976 patients were included. The methodological quality of most included trials was low to moderate. In this
meta-analysis, the clinical efficacy of combination of acupuncture and Chinese medicine was more effective than only Chinese medicine used in haemorrhoids. The effective rate [OR=5.24,95%CI(3.72,7.40), P
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The aim of the journal is to provide an international forum for the exchange of ideas and promotion of basic and clinical research in acupuncture, electro-therapeutics, and related fields. The journal was established in order to make acupuncture and electro-therapeutics a universally acceptable branch of medicine through multidisciplinary research based on scientific disciplines. The final goal is to provide a better understanding of both the beneficial and adverse effects of these treatments in order to supplement or improve existing methods of diagnosis, prognosis, treatment, and prevention of diseases in both Western and Oriental medicine.