OBJECTIVE: To observe if integrated treatment is better than other therapies for lower-limb stage Ⅱ thromboangiitis obliterans (TAO). METHODS: Ninety lower-limb stage Ⅱ or worse TAO patients were randomly divide...OBJECTIVE: To observe if integrated treatment is better than other therapies for lower-limb stage Ⅱ thromboangiitis obliterans (TAO). METHODS: Ninety lower-limb stage Ⅱ or worse TAO patients were randomly divided into three groups: group A (30 cases) treated by intervention and oral administration of Chinese medicine; group B (30 cases) treated by intervention alone; and group C (30 cases) treated only with oral adminis- tration of Chinese medicine. Therapeutic effects were observed, including the cure rate; the recurrence rate after one month, three months, six months, nine months, and one year; the ankle brachial indexes; the incidence of complications; and the level of C-reactive protein and erythrocyte sedimentation rate.RESULTS: Group A had significantly better clinically curative effects, related indexes, and outcomes during the long-term follow-up survey, than that of groups B and C. CONCLUSION: Integrated treatment is more effective for treating lower-limb stage Ⅱ or worseTAO.展开更多
基金Supported by Gansu Province Science and Technology Plan Project,a Clinical Comparative Study of the Effect of Combined Interventional Approach and Traditional Chinese Medicine on Thromboangiitis Obliterans of Stage Ⅱ and above(No.12077TCYA018)
文摘OBJECTIVE: To observe if integrated treatment is better than other therapies for lower-limb stage Ⅱ thromboangiitis obliterans (TAO). METHODS: Ninety lower-limb stage Ⅱ or worse TAO patients were randomly divided into three groups: group A (30 cases) treated by intervention and oral administration of Chinese medicine; group B (30 cases) treated by intervention alone; and group C (30 cases) treated only with oral adminis- tration of Chinese medicine. Therapeutic effects were observed, including the cure rate; the recurrence rate after one month, three months, six months, nine months, and one year; the ankle brachial indexes; the incidence of complications; and the level of C-reactive protein and erythrocyte sedimentation rate.RESULTS: Group A had significantly better clinically curative effects, related indexes, and outcomes during the long-term follow-up survey, than that of groups B and C. CONCLUSION: Integrated treatment is more effective for treating lower-limb stage Ⅱ or worseTAO.