Efficacy and safety of traditional Chinese medicine external washing in the treatment of postoperative wound of diabetes complicated with anal fistula: Study protocol of a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multi-center clinical trial.

ABSTRACT: Introduction: Anal fistula is one of the commonest ailments seen by anorectal surgeons as surgery is currently the preferred treatment for it. Diabetes mellitus is a risk factor that can lead to slow wound healing after anal fistula surgery. Because of the large postoperative wound surface of anal fistula, patients with diabetes can have an increased probability of wound infection, which makes it hard to heal. There is an extensive clinical experience for wound healing in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). The Jiedu Shengji decoction (JSD) is a widely used external washing decoction in clinical practice. However, the current evidence on it is still insufficient. Therefore, we report this carefully designed clinical trial to assess the efficacy and safety of JSD in the treatment of

SUBMITTER: Kang J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9795008 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature