ArticleGastroenterology research and practice2020
Acupuncture for the Treatment of Liver Cirrhosis: A Meta-analysis.
Article in Gastroenterology research and practice, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.
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- Liver cirrhosis: current status and treatment options using western or traditional Chinese medicine.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2024Review
- Roles of conventional and complementary therapies in recurrent hepatocellular carcinoma.World journal of gastrointestinal oncology · 2023Review
- AASLD Practice Guidance: Palliative care and symptom-based management in decompensated cirrhosis.Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) · 2022Article
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Abstract
Acupuncture is widely used in the clinical treatment of liver cirrhosis (LC) in China. However, the efficacy of acupuncture on LC has not been fully confirmed by systematic analysis. This current meta-analysis evaluated the impact effect of acupuncture on patients with LC. We conducted a systematic literature search of the China National Knowledge Infrastructure, the Chinese Biomedical Database (SinoMed), VIP medicine information system, Wanfang Data, PubMed, Cochrane Library, Web of Science, and Embase. Further, we used Review Manager 5.3 software for the analysis of the data and Stata 14.0 software for the Egger test to assess publication bias. Fifteen studies involving 1066 patients were included in the meta-analysis. The primary outcome was the efficacy rate of acupuncture therapy. The secondary outcomes were impact on acupuncture on liver function grading assessment and lab tests related to liver functions. The result suggested that acupuncture is an effective treatment option for patients with LC as a complementary therapy. However, the recommendation is weak due to some limitations of the included studies.
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