title: [Observation on 17 patients of radio-ulcer with combined traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine therapy].
abstract: 34 radioulcer patients were divided randomly into two groups, the TCM-WM group (17 cases) and the WM group (17 cases). The TCM-WM group was treated mainly with oral administration and external treatment of TCM plus wet-compressing with antibiotics, gradual elimination of necrotic tissue and symptomatic treatment. The latter group was treated with Western medicine therapy only including pain-killer, antibiotics, debridement and dressing change. The results showed that the total effective rate of TCM-WM group was 94.1%, significantly higher than that (52.9%) of WM group (P < 0.01). Meanwhile the mean pain-ceasing time, wound-cleaning time and effective time of the TCM-WM group were 62.18, 80.16 and 107.55 days respectively, significantly shorter than those (97.29, 116.86 and 169.83 days) of WM group (P < 0.010-005). This study suggested that the TCM-WM therapy could reduce pain quickly, clean wound well, promote granulation growth and epithelium regeneration so as to accelerate ulcer healing.
authors.affiliation: Second Affiliated Hospital, Hunan College of TCM, Changsha.
authors.forename: B F
authors.initials: BF
authors.lastname: Zhu
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003907:Dexamethasone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009303:Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy; D011832:Radiation Injuries / Q000188:drug therapy*; D016037:Single-Blind Method; D012883:Skin Ulcer / Q000188:drug therapy*
chemical_list: D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal; D003907:Dexamethasone; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide