Trial reportJournal of traditional Chinese medicine = Chung i tsa chih ying wen pan2022
Effect of three tongue needles acupoints Lianquan (CV23) and Hegu (LI4) combined with swallowing training on the quality of life of laryngeal cancer patients with dysphagia after surgery.
Trial report in Journal of traditional Chinese medicine = Chung i tsa chih ying wen pan, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- Impact of Oncological Treatment on Quality of Life in Patients with Head and Neck Malignancies: A Systematic Literature Review (2020-2025).Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2025Pooled it
- Evaluation of Quality of Life in Patients Presenting with Dysphagia Pre and Post Swallowing Therapy.Indian journal of otolaryngology and head and neck surgery : official publication of the Association of Otolaryngologists of India · 2025Article
- Beyond Conventional Treatments: The Role of Complementary Therapies in Head and Neck Cancer.Cancers · 2025Review
- Immediate modulation effects of Tongue Tri-needle on brain functional networks in infratentorial stroke patients with dysphagia: a randomized controlled trial.Frontiers in neurology · 2025Article
- The effect and optimal parameters of electroacupuncture on post-stroke dysphagia: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Frontiers in neurology · 2025Review
- Integrating GEO, network pharmacology, and in vitro assays to explore the pharmacological mechanism of Bruceae Fructus against laryngeal cancer.Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives of pharmacology · 2024Article
- COAmerican journal of translational research · 2023Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo evaluate the effect of acupuncture therapies administered in combination with swallowing training on the quality of life of laryngeal cancer patients with dysphagia after surgery.
methodsSeventy-one postoperative patients with laryngeal cancer participated in this study. The patients diagnosed with swallowing dysfunction by video fluoroscopic swallowing examination (VFSE) were randomly divided into experimental group (n = 36) and control group (n = 35). Patients in both groups were provided swallowing training and rehabilitation consultation. Patients in the experimental group were additionally provided with acupuncture therapies. All patients were evaluated using VFSE and MD Anderson dysphagia inventory (MDADI) and Quality of Life Questionnaire-core 30 (QLQ-c30) score immediately after surgery and three months later.
resultsThe effective rate of 97.1% (n = 35) and the complete remission rate of 36.1% (n = 13) in the experimental group were higher than those in the control group of 60% (n = 21) and 14.3% (n = 5) (P < 0.01). The scores of VFSE, MDADI and QLQ-c 30 in the experimental group and the control group at three months after therapies were significantly improved compared with those before therapies (P < 0.05). The scores of VFSE, MDADI and QLQ-c30 in the experimental group at three months after therapies were significantly improved compared with the control group. The improvement in the intervention group was significantly better than that in the control group. There were no adverse reactions in two groups.
conclusionsAcupuncture therapies combined with swallowing training can improve the swallowing function and the quality of life of laryngeal cancer patients with dysphagia after surgery.
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