title: [Clinical study on treatment of oviduct obstruction by integrative traditional Chinese and Western medicine].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To find an effective and practical treatment of oviduct obstruction (OvO).
  
  
  METHODS
  One hundred and twenty OvO patients were randomly divided into three groups, the TCM-WM group, treated with integrative traditional Chinese and western medicine, the TCM group treated with Chinese herbal medicine alone and the WM group treated with western medicine alone. The therapeutic effect as well as the effect of treatment on serum C-reactive protein (CRP) and interleukin-1 beta (IL-1 beta) were observed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  After treatment, the fallopian tube patency rate was 86.7% and the pregnant rate 85.0% in the TCM-WM group, while in the TCM group was 66.7% and 63.3% respectively, and in the WM group 53.3% and 50.0% respectively. Comparison among the three groups showed that the effect in the TCM-WM group was significantly superior to that in the other two groups (P < 0.01). The levels of CRP and IL-1 beta were all lowered after 3 courses of treatment, and the effect was more evident in the TCM-WM group (P < 0.01).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  TCM-WM treatment is a good and practical method in treating oviduct obstruction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, First People's Hospital of Guangzhou, Guangzhou 510180.
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Xia
authors.forename: Q Y
authors.initials: QY
authors.lastname: He
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002097:C-Reactive Protein / Q000378:metabolism; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005186:Fallopian Tube Patency Tests; D005187:Fallopian Tubes / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007247:Infertility, Female / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D007375:Interleukin-1 / Q000097:blood; D008517:Phytotherapy; D012488:Salpingitis / Q000150:complications
chemical_list: D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal; D007375:Interleukin-1; D002097:C-Reactive Protein