Effect of acupoint hot compress with warming moxibustion bag on radiation proctitis caused by ;radiotherapy in cervical cancer / 中国实用护理杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To evaluate the effect of acupointhot compress with warming moxibustion bag on treating radiation proctitis caused by radiotherapy in cervical cancer. Methods 78 patients of cervical cancer with acute radioactive proctitis caused by radiotherapy were divided into two groups according to the length of hospital stays. The experiment group was given compress Tianshu acupoint with warm moxibustion bag every day, along with drug and retention enema, while the control group was treated with drug and retention enema only. Then observe and evaluate the effect of different treatment on each group. Results The total effective rate of treating radiation proctitis in experimental group was 94.44%(34/36) which was superior to 76.19% (32/42) of the control group (χ2=4.962, P<0.05). The influence of tumor radiotherapy in experimental group was also superior to the control group, nine patients were forced to suspend to radiotherapy by (6.11 ± 1.96) days in the control group, while five cases were suspended to radiotherapy by (2.20±1.09) days in the experiment group (t=4.066,P<0.05). Conclusions Acupoint hot compress with warming moxibustion bag combine with retention enema have an advantage over retention enema only on radiation proctitis caused by radiotherapy in cervical cancer.