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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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Autores principales: Sipaviciute, Agne, Aukstikalnis, Tomas, Samalavicius, Narimantas E., Dulskas, Audrius
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2021
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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
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Aukstikalnis, Tomas
Samalavicius, Narimantas E.
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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/).
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Aukstikalnis, Tomas
Samalavicius, Narimantas E.
Dulskas, Audrius
The Role of Traditional Acupuncture in Patients with Fecal Incontinence—Mini-Review
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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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