Meta-analysis of Integrative Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine in the Treatment of Plasma Cell Mastitis

Abstract

The objective is to evaluate the therapeutic effect of integrative traditional Chinese and Western medicine on plasma cell mastitis. The applied methods are to search related literature in China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), China Biology Medicine Literature Database (CBM), Chinese Science and Technology Journal Full-text Database VIP (VIP), according to the inclusion criteria, we collect the randomized controlled trial in the treatment of plasma cell mastitis, using integrative traditional Chinese and Western medicine treatment or traditional Chinese medicine treatment alone, in comparison to Western medicine treatment alone. We perform Meta-analysis using Revman software to evaluate quality of the included literature. The results show that total efficacy difference between the integrative traditional Chinese and Western medicine treatment group and the Western medicine treatment alone group is statistically significant (RR and 95% CI=1.25 (1.20, 1.30)), and of less heterogeneity. So we draw the conclusion that in the treatment of plasma cell mastitis, the integrative traditional Chinese and Western medicine treatment is superior to the Western medicine treatment alone.