Chin J Integr Med
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Clinical observation on the acupuncture treatment in patients with urinary retention after radical hysterectomy.
To observe the acupuncture therapy effect on the urinary retention after radical: hysterectomy. METHODS METHODS: Eighty cases of urinary retention after radical hysterectomy were randomly assigned to: the treatment group and control group according to the random number table method, 40 cases in each group. From the 15th day post operation, the patients in the two groups started to be treated and 7 days as a course with 5 days treatment and 2 days interval. The treatment group applied acupuncture with modalities of common needling on Zusanli (ST36) bilaterally, electroacupuncture on Sanyinjiao (SP6), Shuidao (ST28), and Scalp Reproduction Area bilaterally, moxibustion on Shenque (CV8). The control group applied acupoint injection with vitamin B B12 12, and Sanyinjiao and Zusanli were selected. Take turns on both sides. The courses for the recovery, of bladder function and residual urine volume for those who had voluntary micturition more than 200 mL after the first and second course of treatment were compared between the two groups. ⋯ Combination of acupuncture: modalities was better than acupoint injection for the recovery of bladder function in urinary retention after radical hysterectomy. It would shorten the course of treatment and get a better recovery, decrease urinary retention cases of refractoriness, and extending the treatment could raise the healing rate of urinary retention.
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Yiqi zhuyu decoction combined with FOLFOX-4 as first-line therapy in metastatic colorectal cancer.
To evaluate the efficacy and safety of yiqi zhuyu decoction (YZD) combined with oxaliplatin plus 5-flurouracil/leucovorin (FOLFOX-4) in the patients with metastatic colorectal cancer (MCRC). ⋯ YZD combined with FOLFOX-4 chemotherapy significantly improved OS in this first-line trial in the patients with MCRC and significantly decreased grade 3/4 AEs. However, RR was not improved, and PFS did not reach statistical significance by the addition of YZD. The treatment of YZD combined with FOLFOX-4 may be necessary in order to optimize efficacy and safety.
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Protective effects of the preconditioning with different doses of sodium aescinate on tourniquet-induced ischemic reperfusion.
To evaluate the protective effects of sodium aescinate (SA) preconditioning on the tourniquet-induced ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) injury after limbs operation. ⋯ The protective effects of SA preconditioning on tourniquet-induced limb I/R injury might possibly contribute to the increasing of SOD levels, and MAP and the decreasing of MDA and NO levels.
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Clinical study on the treatment of knee osteoarthritis of Shen-Sui insufficiency syndrome type by electroacupuncture.
To study the clinical effificacy of electroacupuncture (EA) on treating knee osteoarthritis (KOA) of Shen ()-Sui () insuffificiency (SSI) syndrome type. ⋯ EA could effectively alleviate the clinical symptoms in KOA patients of stage III, showing an effect superior to that of hyaluronic acid. EA also shows action in suppressing the secretion of IL-1, IL-6, TNF-alpha, PGE(2alpha) and MMP-3 in the knee flfluid.
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Clinical efficacy of acupuncture on the morphine-related side effects in patients undergoing spinal-epidural anesthesia and analgesia.
To investigate the effects of acupuncture on the morphine-related side effects (nausea, vomiting, itchiness and gastrointestinal disorders) in patients undergoing anesthesia and analgesia and try to find the clinical mechanism of acupuncture. ⋯ On the basis of this study, it is obviously seen that acupuncture could: decrease the incidence of morphine-related side effects (nausea and vomiting, itchiness and gastrointestinal disorders) when the spinal cord conduct is normal. However, it decreases only the incidence of itchiness but not for gastrointestinal dysfunction when the spinal cord is blocked.