Clinical effect of integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine therapy in treatment of biliary ascariasis / 临床肝胆病杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To investigate an effective method for the treatment of biliary ascariasis.Methods A retrospective analysis was performed for the clinical data of 32 patients with biliary ascariasis who were treated in The People's Hospital of Huangmei County from January 1994 to January 2014.All the patients were given spasmolysis,pain management,anti-infective therapy,traditional Chinese medicine syndrome differentiation-based treatment,Chinese materia medica for regulating qi and relieving pain,and ascariasis-relieving and parasite -expelling treatment.Patients were given surgical treatment due to poor response.Results Of all the 32 patients,5 (15.6％) had no response to the ascariasis-relieving treatment with Fructus Pruni Mume decoction and were given surgical treatment,and 27 (84.4％) were cured by Western medicine combined with Fructus Pruni Mume decoction.There were no complications such as acute pancreatitis,perfora tion of the gallbladder,and liver abscess.All the patients were treated with Fructus Pruni Mume decoction regularly after discharge and no patient experienced recurrence.Conclusion Integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine therapy is effective,safe,and reliable in the treatment of biliary ascariasis and holds promise for clinical application.