Effect of external therapies of traditional Chinese medicine on constipation in patients with CRF: A meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the curative effect of external therapies of traditional Chinese medicine on constipation in patients with chronic renal failure and to provide scientific theoretical basis for clinical practice.

Method

We searched the English database of PubMed, EMBASE, the Cochrane Library and the Web of Science and Chinese database of CNKI, Wan fang database, VIP Database and China Biomedical Literature Database up to December 2022. Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) involving constipation in patients with CRF that compared external therapies of traditional Chinese medicine and routine treatment to routine treatment were eligible for the analysis. A meta-analysis of the outcome indicators including total efficiency, weekly defecation ti

SUBMITTER: Wu Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10553223 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature