Clinical observation of Shangke Huangshui Gauze on preventing vascular crisis after digital replantation / 中成药

ABSTRACT

AIM To investigate the preventive effects of Shangke Huangshui Gauze (Scutellariae Radix,Coptidis Rhizoma,Phellodendri chinensis Cortex,etc.) on vascular crisis after digital replantation.METHODS Sixty-eight cases of patients with amputated digits meeting the inclusion criteria were randomly divided into observation group (36 cases with 57 fingers) and control group (32 cases with 54 fingers),the former was wet-dressed with Shangke Huangshui Gauze,the latter was bandaged with sterile dry gauze.The observation and comparison were made between the two groups on four coagulation indexes,visual analog scores (VAS),improvement of swelling degrees,the occurrence rates and survival rates of vascular crisis after operation,together with the evaluation of efficacy and adverse reaction.RESULTS In the observation group,the 7th day after operation,the prothrombin time,activated partial thromboplastin time,international normalized ratio,thrombin time and swelling improvement rate were higher than those in the control group;but the fibrinogen and postoperative 4 days' VAS pain score were lower than those in the control group.The incidence rates of vascular crisis and adverse reaction in the observation group were lower than those in the control group,and the survival rate of replanted fingers was higher than that in the control group.CONCLUSION Shangke Huangshui Gauze can prevent the occurrence of vascular crisis after digital replantation to a certain extent without obvious adverse reaction.