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Efficacy and safety of traditional Chinese medicine nursing intervention in postoperative patients after gastrectomy

  • Authors:
    • Lizhi Fan
    • Ying He
    • Yufeng Li
    • Xinxin Li
    • Dan Liu
    • Rui Wang
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  • Published online on: October 31, 2023     https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2023.14124
  • Article Number: 537
  • Copyright: © Fan et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution License.

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Abstract

Gastrectomy is a technically demanding procedure for gastric cancer patients that is associated with different degrees of postoperative complications (POCs). Perioperative traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) nursing intervention presents benefits for improving the survival of patients with gastric cancer. However, the effects of TCM nursing intervention on POCs and the prognosis of patients with gastric cancer following surgery are far from clear. In the present study, the effects of TCM nursing intervention on POCs, postoperative physical capacity, metal status, long‑term survival and recurrence were investigated in patients with gastric cancer after gastrectomy. In total, 1,032 patients with gastric cancer were included in the study. The patients underwent a gastrectomy and were randomly divided into two groups: The TCM nursing intervention group (TCM group; n=520) and the routine nursing intervention group (control group; n=512). Postoperative pain score, hospital stay, POCs, postoperative gastrointestinal function, frequency of postoperative symptoms, inflammatory index, quality of life, physical capacity, mental status, survival and recurrence were compared after gastrectomy in the TCM and control groups. The treatment‑related adverse events of TCM in patients after gastrectomy were recorded in the TCM nursing intervention group. The outcomes showed that TCM nursing intervention decreased the postoperative pain score and hospital stay, improved gastrointestinal function, and decreased the POCs and the inflammation index compared with the control group. In addition, TCM nursing intervention improved physical capacity, quality of life, depression, anxiety, immune activity, long‑term survival and recurrence in patients with gastric cancer after gastrectomy. Furthermore, TCM nursing intervention was only associated with a low number of adverse events. In conclusion, outcomes in this study indicate that perioperative TCM nursing intervention improves POCs, mental status, long‑term survival and reduces the recurrence of patients with gastric cancer, suggesting that TCM nursing intervention is efficacious and safe with regard to improving the prognosis in these patients after gastrectomy (Retrospective clinical trial registration number, 2015001CW1; name of the register, The First Hospital of Harbin; date of registration, May 7, 2015).
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Fan L, He Y, Li Y, Li X, Liu D and Wang R: Efficacy and safety of traditional Chinese medicine nursing intervention in postoperative patients after gastrectomy. Oncol Lett 26: 537, 2023
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Fan, L., He, Y., Li, Y., Li, X., Liu, D., & Wang, R. (2023). Efficacy and safety of traditional Chinese medicine nursing intervention in postoperative patients after gastrectomy. Oncology Letters, 26, 537. https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2023.14124
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Fan, L., He, Y., Li, Y., Li, X., Liu, D., Wang, R."Efficacy and safety of traditional Chinese medicine nursing intervention in postoperative patients after gastrectomy". Oncology Letters 26.6 (2023): 537.
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Fan, L., He, Y., Li, Y., Li, X., Liu, D., Wang, R."Efficacy and safety of traditional Chinese medicine nursing intervention in postoperative patients after gastrectomy". Oncology Letters 26, no. 6 (2023): 537. https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2023.14124