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KMID : 0644120170300030029
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Journal of Oriental Gynecology
2017 Volume.30 No. 3 p.29 ~ p.39
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The Effectiveness of Acupuncture and Moxibustion Treatment for Mastitis: A Systematic Review
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Jeong Seo-Yoon
Sohn Yu-Jin
Jeong Ju-Hui
Lee Eun-Hee
Jang In-Soo
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Abstract
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Objectives: The purpose of this study is to investigate the effectiveness of acupuncture and moxibustion for mastitis.
Methods: We used ten databases including Embase, PubMed, and CNKI to investigate the literatures of mastitis using the keywords "mastitis" and "acupuncture", "breast inflammation" and "acupuncture", "mastitis" and "needle", "breast inflammation" and "needle", "mastitis" and "moxibustion". We excluded studies which included treatments that could affect the judgement of the effectiveness of acupuncture treatment, and the control group was limited to antibiotics. The quality of the paper was evaluated by Risk of Bias. A meta-analysis was performed using a "Review manager" to see the effectiveness of acupuncture and moxibustion compared to antibiotics.
Results: Only six RCT were finally selected. Five studies use the total effective rate as a evaluating index, and it was significantly higher than that of the control group in two studies. In other three studies, acupuncture showed similar effectiveness to antibiotics. Meta-analysis was performed through three studies, there was no statistically significant difference in total effective rate between acupuncture and antibiotic treatment.
Conclusions: Analysis of six RCT showed that acupuncture and moxibustion seem to have many possibilities as one of the treatments for mastitis. However the number of documents is not sufficient, more research should be done to obtain reliable information.
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KEYWORD
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Mastitis , Acupuncture , Moxibustion , Antibiotic , Systematic Review
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