Chinese General Practice ›› 2025, Vol. 28 ›› Issue (14): 1788-1794.DOI: 10.12114/j.issn.1007-9572.2024.0181

Special Issue: 乳腺癌最新文章合辑

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Effect of Postoperative Upper Extremity Lymphedema after Breast Cancer Treated with Different Acupuncture and Moxibustion Therapies: a Network Meta-analysis

  

  1. 1. Hebei University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shijiazhuang 050000, China
    2. The First Affiliated Hospital of Hebei University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shijiazhuang 050000, China
    3. Hebei Key Laboratory of Turbidity and Toxicology, Shijiazhuang 050000, China
  • Received:2024-04-12 Revised:2024-07-16 Published:2025-05-15 Online:2025-03-06
  • Contact: FAN Huanfang

不同针灸治疗方式干预乳腺癌术后上肢淋巴水肿效果的网状Meta分析

  

  1. 1.050000 河北省石家庄市,河北中医药大学
    2.050000 河北省石家庄市,河北中医药大学第一附属医院
    3.050000 河北省石家庄市,河北省浊毒证重点实验室
  • 通讯作者: 范焕芳
  • 作者简介:

    作者贡献:

    何芸提出研究命题与研究思路,进行研究设计和论文撰写;范焕芳负责思路指导与论文修订;马盼负责统计学分析,解读统计结果;许绍青负责统计学分析、绘制图表;杨柳、金明哲负责论文检索与筛选;张明蕊、陈佳琪负责数据收集整理及核对。

  • 基金资助:
    河北省中医药管理局科研计划项目(2022332); 河北省创新能力提升计划项目(20557703K)

Abstract:

Background

Postoperative upper extremity lymphedema is a common postoperative complication in breast cancer patients, which greatly affects patients' quality of life and confidence in treatment. Currently, western medicine has limited effect in treating postoperative upper extremity lymphedema after breast cancer, and acupuncture has better efficacy in treating this disease, however, there is no research on the choice of different acupuncture treatment modalities.

Objective

To compare the efficacy of different acupuncture modalities on upper extremity lymphedema after breast cancer surgery using reticulated meta-analysis, with a view to providing an evidence-based basis for the selection of clinical treatment options.

Methods

A computerized systematic search of the China national knowledge infrastructure, Wanfang Data, VIP, China Biomedical Literature Service, PubMed, Embase, Medline and Cochrane Library databases of randomized controlled trials (RCT) on the intervention of different acupuncture modalities in postoperative lymphedema after breast cancer was conducted from the time of database construction to October 31, 2023. The literature search was completed independently by two researchers, and the initial and re-screening were performed in strict accordance with the inclusion and exclusion criteria. After the final inclusion of the literature was categorized, the basic information and data were extracted and the risk of bias was assessed, and the data were analyzed using software such as R 3.6.2 and Stata 14.0.

Results

Fourteen papers were finally included, containing a total of 915 patients with upper limb lymphedema after breast cancer surgery, including 459 cases in the treatment group and 456 cases in the control group. Eleven interventions were involved, including conventional treatment, ordinary acupuncture, warm acupuncture, millifire acupuncture, western medicine, acupuncture+moxa stick, conventional+abdominal acupuncture, conventional+warm acupuncture, conventional+acupuncture, conventional+guanxi, and conventional+forceful motion acupuncture. The results of the ranking of the cumulative probability plot area under the curve (SUCRA) of each intervention on the difference between the affected-patient side circumferential diameters showed that the results of routine + abdominal needling (100.0%) >milli-fire needling (66.4%) >routine + warm needling (58.2%) >regular needling (19.0%) >routine (6.5%) . The results of SUCRA ranking of each intervention on the total efficiency showed that milli-fire acupuncture (90.1%) >ordinary acupuncture (71.1%) >routine+force-activated acupuncture (67.7%) >warm acupuncture (62.1%) >routine + warm acupuncture (57.9%) >acupuncture+moxa sticks (50.7%) >routine +off-needling (48.2%) >routine+needling (47.7%) >routine + abdominal needling (38.6%) >western medicine (9.6%) >routine (6.3%) .

Conclusion

Among the 11 interventions, the combined total efficiency and the ranking of the difference between the affected-healthy side circumference showed that millipede acupuncture is the best choice for the treatment of upper extremity lymphedema after breast cancer surgery, but more high-quality RCTs are needed to confirm this.

Key words: Breast cancer, Breast cancer lymphedema, Acupuncture, Mesh meta-analysis, Efficient, Diameter difference

摘要:

背景

乳腺癌术后上肢淋巴水肿是一种乳腺癌患者常见的术后并发症,极大程度地影响患者的生活质量与治疗信心。目前西医治疗乳腺癌术后上肢淋巴水肿效果有限,针灸治疗该病具有较好疗效,然而关于不同针灸治疗方式的选择目前研究较少。

目的

采用网状Meta分析比较不同针灸方式对乳腺癌术后上肢淋巴水肿的疗效,以期为临床治疗方案的选择提供循证依据。

方法

计算机系统检索中国知网、万方数据知识服务平台、维普网、中国生物医学文献服务系统、PubMed、Embase、Medline和Cochrane Library数据库中关于不同针灸方式干预乳腺癌术后淋巴水肿的随机对照试验(RCT),检索时间为建库至2023-10-31。由2名研究人员独立完成文献检索,并严格按照纳入、排除标准进行初筛与复筛,对最终纳入文献进行分类整理、基本资料与数据的提取及偏倚风险评估后,运用R 3.6.2、Stata 14.0等软件对数据进行分析。

结果

最终纳入14篇文献,共包含915例乳腺癌术后上肢淋巴水肿患者,其中治疗组459例,对照组456例。涉及11种干预措施,包括常规治疗、普通针刺、温针、毫火针、西药、针刺+艾条、常规+腹针、常规+温针、常规+针刺、常规+关刺、常规+力动针。各干预措施对患-健侧周径差值的累计概率图曲线下面积(SUCRA)排序结果显示,常规+腹针(100.0%)>毫火针(66.4%)>常规+温针(58.2%)>普通针刺(19.0%)>常规治疗(6.5%)。各干预措施对总有效率的SUCRA排序结果显示,毫火针(90.1%)>普通针刺(71.1%)>常规+力动针(67.7%)>温针(62.1%)>常规+温针(57.9%)>针刺+艾条(50.7%)>常规+关刺(48.2%)>常规+针刺(47.7%)>常规+腹针(38.6%)>西药(9.6%)>常规治疗(6.3%)。

结论

在11种干预措施中,综合总有效率与患-健侧周径差值排序,毫火针为乳腺癌术后上肢淋巴水肿治疗的最佳选择,但仍需要更多高质量RCT证实。

关键词: 乳腺癌, 乳腺癌淋巴水肿, 针灸, 网状Meta分析, 有效率, 周径差值

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