Comparison of Efficacy of Acupuncture-Related Therapy in the Treatment of Postherpetic Neuralgia: A Network Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.

Haiyan Wang Renhong WanShuai ChenHaiyan QinWei CaoLuqiang SunYunzhou ShiQianhua ZhengYing Li

Published in: Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM (2022)

In a comprehensive comparison of the outcome indicators of 14 different treatment regimens, we considered acupoint injection + Western medicine and bloodletting-cupping + Western medicine to be the best combinations for the treatment of PHN. Due to the limitations of the study, the above conclusions still need to be validated in further multi-centre, large-sample prospective randomised controlled clinical trials.

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