Clinical observation on 32 cases of hypothyroidism of thyroid cancer after operation treated with Shengxian decoction combined with levothyroxine sodium tablets
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1673-4246.2013.08.007
- VernacularTitle:升陷汤加减联合左甲状腺素钠片对甲状腺癌术后甲状腺功能减退的影响
- Author:
Guangshan LI
;
Zhixiong REN
;
Yalin ZHENG
;
Da HUANG
;
Mingdi LI
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Shengxian decoction;
levothyroxine sodium tablets;
Thyroid cancer;
Hypothyroidation;
Treatment of Chinese medicine
- From:
International Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine
2013;35(8):692-694
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To observe the clinical effects of modified Shengxian decoction in the treatment of thyroid cancer postoperative hypothyroidism patients.Methods 60 patients of thyroid cancer postoperative hypothyroidism due to deficiency of spleen and kidney were randomly divided into a control group and a treatment group.The control group (28 cases) was by levothyroxine sodium tablets conventional treatment,while the treatment group (32 cases) was treated with Shengxian decoction based on thecontrol group.The changes of the symptom integral and HAMD-17 were observed between two groups before and after treatment.Results After treatment,the total effective rate was 87.5% in the treatment group and 64.3% in the control group,the clinical effect of treatment group was significantly better than the control group (x2=4.499,P< 0.05).After treatment,the total score of HAMD-17 was 6.8±2.3 in the treatment group and 15.8±2.1 in the control group,both significantly improved than that before the treatment (which were 19.4±1.45 and 18.9± 1.32 respectively).Compared with the control group,the treatment group improved significantly (P< 0.01).Conclusion Shengxian decoction plus western medicine has remarkable curative effect in the treatment of thyroid cancer postoperative hypothyroidism,it can improve the depressive state of patients and improve the quality of life.