ReviewEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM2022
Acupuncture for the Treatment of Chronic Rhinosinusitis: A PRISMA-Compliant Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Review in Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06616792 (Dexamethasone Phonophoresis Versus Laser Acupuncture on Chronic Rhinosinusitis), which is not on this map. Cited by 3 papers.
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Dexamethasone Phonophoresis Versus Laser Acupuncture on Chronic Rhinosinusitis
Who cites it
3 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.
- Efficacy of electroacupuncture for cervical spondylosis-related pain in patients with generalized anxiety disorder.World journal of psychiatry · 2025Article
- The Effect of Acupuncture on Pain, Prostaglandin E2, and Interleukin-6 in Septorhinoplasty Operations: A Randomized Clinical Trial.Anesthesiology research and practice · 2025Article
- Integrating Acupuncture into a Dialysis Center.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
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Authors and funding
3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Background: Chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) is a highly prevalent disease associated with poor quality of life. In this paper, we appraised the role of acupuncture in the treatment of CRS. Methods: Electronic databases were searched for randomized controlled clinical trials (RCTs) that examined the role of acupuncture in CRS. The primary outcome measures included posttreatment CRS severity, as measured by the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) and Total Effective Rate (TER). The risk of bias and quality of evidence were evaluated according to the Cochrane Collaboration's risk-of-bias tool and GRADE tool, respectively. Results: Evidence from the RCTs ( Conclusions: Acupuncture as a stand-alone or adjunctive treatment for CRS was associated with clinical symptom improvement and better quality of life, without any risk for serious adverse events. However, the high clinical heterogeneity of the included RCTs and overall moderate-to-low quality of evidence necessitates rigorous, well-designed trials to confirm these findings.
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