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SYSTEMATIC REVIEW article

Front. Med.
Sec. Gastroenterology
Volume 11 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fmed.2024.1464749

I am submitting a systematic review and meta-analysis for publication in Frontiers in medicine, entitled Acupuncture and moxibustion as adjunctive therapy for postoperative gastrointestinal dysfunction in gastric cancer: A systematic review and network meta-analysis. The coauthors of this paper are

Provisionally accepted
Yangxu Ou Yangxu Ou 1Dezhi Lin Dezhi Lin 1Xixiu Ni Xixiu Ni 1Chengzhi Feng Chengzhi Feng 2Jing Rong Jing Rong 1Xiaoyu Gao Xiaoyu Gao 1Yang Yu Yang Yu 1Xinrui Liu Xinrui Liu 1Zhiyang Zhang Zhiyang Zhang 1Xiao Wang Xiao Wang 1Zili Tang Zili Tang 1Ling Zhao Ling Zhao 1*
  • 1 Acupuncture and Tuina School, College of Acupuncture and Tuina, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China
  • 2 Hospital of Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China

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    Our study evaluated and compared the relative efficacy and safety of various adjuvant acupuncture and moxibustion techniques in treating postoperative gastrointestinal dysfunction (PGD) in gastric cancer, utilizing a network meta-analysis of 28 randomized controlled trials. Importantly, our findings indicated that routine care (RC) combined with acupuncture, acupressure, auricular acupuncture and acupoint injection were significantly more effective than RC alone. The acupuncture and moxibustion treatments showing the best therapeutic effects for PGD in gastric cancer were RC combined with acupuncture, with moxibustion and acupoint injection, and with acupressure. To the best of our knowledge, our study is the most extensive systematic review and meta-analysis on this topic, offering compelling evidence for the efficacy of acupuncture and moxibustion in PGD treatment for gastric cancer.We believe our paper will captivate your journal's readership due to the global interest in complementary and traditional medicine. Our results suggest that acupuncture and moxibustion, as adjuvant therapies, are effective and relatively safe for treating PGD in gastric cancer.

    Keywords: Postoperative gastrointestinal dysfunction, Network meta-analysis, Systematic review, Acupuncture, Moxibustion, time of first bowel sounds

    Received: 15 Jul 2024; Accepted: 25 Nov 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Ou, Lin, Ni, Feng, Rong, Gao, Yu, Liu, Zhang, Wang, Tang and Zhao. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Ling Zhao, Acupuncture and Tuina School, College of Acupuncture and Tuina, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China

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