ArticleEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM2018
Japanese Herbal Kampo Hochu-Ekki-To or Juzen-Taiho-To after Surgery for Hip Fracture Does Not Reduce Infectious Complications.
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- Outpatient Prescriptions of Kampo Formulations in Japan.Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) · 2020Article
- Characteristics and course of patients treated with Kampo Medicine in the Department of General Medicine.Journal of general and family medicine · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundInfectious complications after hip fracture surgery are common in the elderly. Although experimental studies have suggested that kampo medicine, Hochu-ekki-to and Juzen-taiho-to, can prevent infectious complications, only a few small clinical studies have been published to date. PRIMARY STUDY
objectiveThe aim of the present study is to investigate the impact of Hochu-ekki-to or Juzen-taiho-to on postoperative infectious complications in patients undergoing surgery for hip fracture. METHODS AND
designIn this retrospective cohort study using a nationwide inpatient database in Japan, we performed propensity score matching to compare patients who did or did not receive kampo medicine after surgery for hip fracture. SETTINGS: A nationwide inpatient database.
participantsPatients who did or did not receive kampo medicine after surgery for hip fracture.
interventionKampo medicine after surgery for hip fracture. PRIMARY OUTCOME MEASURES: Infectious complications.
resultsThe proportions of postoperative infectious complications were not significantly different between the 424 propensity-matched pairs with and without kampo medicine (11 versus 8,
conclusionThe present study suggests that Hochu-ekki-to or Juzen-taiho-to postoperatively is not associated with decreased occurrence of infectious complications in patients who underwent surgery for hip fracture.
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