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The Role of Traditional Acupuncture in Patients with Fecal Incontinence—Mini-Review
Objective: Fecal incontinence affects up to 15% of the general population, with higher rates of incidence among women and the elderly. Acupuncture is an old practice of Traditional Chinese Medicine that might be used to treat fecal incontinence. The aim of this mini review was to assess the effect o...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7927042/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33671548 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18042112 |
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author | Sipaviciute, Agne Aukstikalnis, Tomas Samalavicius, Narimantas E. Dulskas, Audrius |
author_facet | Sipaviciute, Agne Aukstikalnis, Tomas Samalavicius, Narimantas E. Dulskas, Audrius |
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description | Objective: Fecal incontinence affects up to 15% of the general population, with higher rates of incidence among women and the elderly. Acupuncture is an old practice of Traditional Chinese Medicine that might be used to treat fecal incontinence. The aim of this mini review was to assess the effect of acupuncture for fecal incontinence. Materials and Methods: Cochrane Library, Web of Science, Embase, PubMed, and CENTRAL electronic databases were searched until August 2020. The following keywords were used: acupuncture, electroacupuncture, moxibustion, fecal incontinence, diarrhea, irritable bowel syndrome, and bowel dysfunction. In addition, references were searched. Five studies (two randomized controlled trials), out of 52,249 predefined publications after an electronic database search, were included into the review. Results: Overall, 143 patients were included. All studies report significant improvements in continence, although they all apply different acupuncture regimens. Randomized controlled trials show significant differences in experimental groups treated with acupuncture in improving continence. Significant improvement in quality of life scores was reported. In addition, improvement in fecal continence remained significantly improved after 18 months of follow-up. Conclusion: Acupuncture is a promising treatment alternative for fecal incontinence. Based on small, low-quality studies, it might be a safe, inexpensive, and efficient method. However, more high-quality studies are needed in order to apply this treatment technique routinely. |
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spelling | pubmed-79270422021-03-04 The Role of Traditional Acupuncture in Patients with Fecal Incontinence—Mini-Review Sipaviciute, Agne Aukstikalnis, Tomas Samalavicius, Narimantas E. Dulskas, Audrius Int J Environ Res Public Health Review Objective: Fecal incontinence affects up to 15% of the general population, with higher rates of incidence among women and the elderly. Acupuncture is an old practice of Traditional Chinese Medicine that might be used to treat fecal incontinence. The aim of this mini review was to assess the effect of acupuncture for fecal incontinence. Materials and Methods: Cochrane Library, Web of Science, Embase, PubMed, and CENTRAL electronic databases were searched until August 2020. The following keywords were used: acupuncture, electroacupuncture, moxibustion, fecal incontinence, diarrhea, irritable bowel syndrome, and bowel dysfunction. In addition, references were searched. Five studies (two randomized controlled trials), out of 52,249 predefined publications after an electronic database search, were included into the review. Results: Overall, 143 patients were included. All studies report significant improvements in continence, although they all apply different acupuncture regimens. Randomized controlled trials show significant differences in experimental groups treated with acupuncture in improving continence. Significant improvement in quality of life scores was reported. In addition, improvement in fecal continence remained significantly improved after 18 months of follow-up. Conclusion: Acupuncture is a promising treatment alternative for fecal incontinence. Based on small, low-quality studies, it might be a safe, inexpensive, and efficient method. However, more high-quality studies are needed in order to apply this treatment technique routinely. MDPI 2021-02-22 2021-02 /pmc/articles/PMC7927042/ /pubmed/33671548 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18042112 Text en © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Review Sipaviciute, Agne Aukstikalnis, Tomas Samalavicius, Narimantas E. Dulskas, Audrius The Role of Traditional Acupuncture in Patients with Fecal Incontinence—Mini-Review |
title | The Role of Traditional Acupuncture in Patients with Fecal Incontinence—Mini-Review |
title_full | The Role of Traditional Acupuncture in Patients with Fecal Incontinence—Mini-Review |
title_fullStr | The Role of Traditional Acupuncture in Patients with Fecal Incontinence—Mini-Review |
title_full_unstemmed | The Role of Traditional Acupuncture in Patients with Fecal Incontinence—Mini-Review |
title_short | The Role of Traditional Acupuncture in Patients with Fecal Incontinence—Mini-Review |
title_sort | role of traditional acupuncture in patients with fecal incontinence—mini-review |
topic | Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7927042/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33671548 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18042112 |
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