Clinical study on the effect of Shugan Tongluo Decoction on upper limb swelling after breast cancer surgery / 中国生化药物杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To study the effect of Shugan Tongluo Recipe on the patients with upper limb swelling after breast cancer surgery, and to explore the efficiency of treatment.Methods84 patients with breast cancer were selected from June to December 2015 in the traditional Chinese medicine clinic of Ge zhen,, were randomly divided into control group and observation group, control group using beta seven yezao sodium and conventional rehabilitation therapy, observation group based on the combined application of Shugan Tongluo Decoction, and compared the effectiveness of treatment.ResultsThe effective rate of the observation group was 92.8%, significantly better than the control group 78.6%, the difference between the two groups significantly, with statistical significance (P<0.05).At the same time, the observation group VAS score, IL-6 score and CCL-18 score were lower than the control group, EORTC QLQ score is higher than that of the control group, the treatment of feedback better(P<0.05).In addition, the incidence of adverse reactions was 4.7%, 9.5% in the control group, the observation group treatment.ConclusionThe prescription of Shugan Tongluo decoction has a good effect on the treatment of upper limb swelling after breast cancer surgery, and it has high safety and good patient satisfaction.