Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research ›› 2016, Vol. 20 ›› Issue (20): 3000-3011.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-4344.2016.20.016

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Efficacy of traditional Chinese medicine therapy and hyaluronic acid for knee osteoarthritis: a network Meta-analysis

Liu Yu1, Ai Jin-wei1, 2, Liu Ying2, Li De-sheng1, Pei Bin1, 2   

  1. 1Department of Plastic Surgery; 2Evidence-Based Medicine Center, Xiangyang Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine, Xiangyang 441000, Hubei Province, China
  • Received:2016-02-19 Online:2016-05-13 Published:2016-05-13
  • Contact: Pei Bin, Master, Professor, Chief physician, Master’s supervisor, Department of Plastic Surgery, Xiangyang Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine, Xiangyang 441000, Hubei Province, China; Evidence-Based Medicine Center, Xiangyang Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine, Xiangyang 441000, Hubei Province, China
  • About author:Liu Yu, Associate chief physician, Department of Plastic Surgery, Xiangyang Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine, Xiangyang 441000, Hubei Province, China Ai Jin-wei, Master, Department of Plastic Surgery; Evidence-Based Medicine Center, Xiangyang Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine, Xiangyang 441000, Hubei Province, China Liu Yu and Ai Jin-wei equally contributed to this work.
  • Supported by:

    2015-2016 Research Project of Hubei Provincial Health and Family Planning Commission, No. WJ2015MB187

Abstract:

BACKGROUND: Comparative study results between the efficacies of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) therapy with Western medicine therapy in the treatment of knee osteoarthritis remain controversial. Currently, meta-analysis studies mainly focus on comparison of the efficacy between TCM and Western medicine, but lack investigations among TCM therapies. It makes us difficult to fully understand the efficacy of TCM therapy for knee osteoarthritis.
OBJECTIVE: To compare the efficacies of TCM therapy with intra-articular injection of hyaluronic acid for knee osteoarthritis using a network Meta-analysis method.
METHODS: PubMed, The Cochrane Library (tissue 10, 2015), EMbase, CNKI, CBM, VIP, Wangfang databases were searched up to October 20, 2015 for relevant randomized controlled trials addressing the efficacies of TCM therapy versus intra-articular injection of hyaluronic acid for knee osteoarthritis. Two reviewers independently selected the studies, extracted information, and assessed the quality of included trials. Data extraction from eligible studies was pooled and meta-analyzed using Stata12.0 and WinBUGS1.4.3 softwares. Odd ratios with their 95% confidence interval were estimated as effect size between treatments.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: A total of 59 randomized controlled trials involving 6 155 patients with knee osteoarthritis and 12 treatment strategies were included. The results of network meta-analysis showed that TCM comprehensive therapy was superior to the TCM monotherapy and intra-articular injection of hyaluronic acid. Among these therapies, the efficacy of needle scalpel combined with acupuncture is optimal. TCM comprehensive therapies may be the best choice to treat patients with knee osteoarthritis of Kellgren-Lawrence II-III. More large-scale and well-designed randomized controlled trials are still warranted due to the limitation of the present study.

中国组织工程研究杂志出版内容重点:组织构建;骨细胞;软骨细胞;细胞培养;成纤维细胞;血管内皮细胞;骨质疏松组织工程

Key words: Osteoarthritis, Knee, Medicine, Chinese Traditional, Hyaluronic Acid, Tissue Engineering

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