Efficacy-Enhancing Effect of Therapy of Replenishing Qi,Removing Stasis and Unblocking Collaterals for Sactosalpinx Patients After Minimally Invasive Tubal Dredging Operation and Its Inhibition of Transforming Growth Factor β1 and Connective Tissue Growth Factor Expressions
10.13359/j.cnki.gzxbtcm.2024.08.015
- VernacularTitle:益气化瘀通络法提高输卵管积液经微创疏通术后的临床疗效及抑制TGF-β1、CTGF的表达作用研究
- Author:
Yan CHEN
1
;
Li-Juan LI
;
Xiao-Dan HU
Author Information
1. 海口市中医医院,海南海口 570216
- Keywords:
therapy of replenishing qi,removing stasis and unblocking collaterals(shortened as Yiqi Huayu Tongluo method);
sactosalpinx;
laparoscopic salpingo-oophorectomy;
minimally invasive tubal dredging operation;
transforming growth factor β1(TGF-β1);
connective
- From:
Journal of Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
2024;41(8):2040-2046
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To investigate the clinical efficacy of therapy of replenishing qi,removing stasis and unblocking collaterals(shortened as Yiqi Huayu Tongluo method)for sactosalpinx patients after minimally invasive tubal dredging operation(laparoscopic salpingo-oophorectomy)and to exlore its possible therapeutic mechanism.Methods The analysis was carried out in the infertility patients with mild,moderate,and severe bilateral sactosalpinx,80 cases for each degree,a total of 240 cases,which were confirmed by hysteroscopy and laparoscopic exploration in Haikou Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine from February 2014 to February 2020.The infertility patients with mild,moderate,and severe bilateral sactosalpinx were allocated to groups A,B,and C separately,and then each group was divided into 2 subgroups according to the treatment method,namely groups A1,A2,B1,B2,C1,C2,with 40 cases in each group.Among them,groups A1,B1,and C1 were named as the observation groups,and groups A2,B2,and C2 served as the control groups.The patients in the control groups were treated with laparoscopic salpingo-oophorectomy alone,while the patients in the observation groups were treated with oral use of Chinese medicine with the action of Yiqi Huayu Tongluo method together with laparoscopic salpingo-oophorectomy.The oral medication of Chinese medicine lasted for half a month in each menstrual cycle and the medication was performed for a total of 3 menstrual cycles,and one year of postoperative follow-up was carried out.The total pregnancy rate,live birth rate,ectopic pregnancy rate,miscarriage rate and recurrence rate of the patients in the observation groups and the control groups were compared within one year after the treatment.Meanwhile,the changes in serum transforming growth factor β1(TGF-β1)and connective tissue growth factor(CTGF)levels of the patients in the observation groups and the control groups were observed 7 days and 3 months after the operation.Results(1)The one-year postoperative follow-up showed that the total pregnancy rate and live birth rate of patients with mild(group A1),moderate(group B1),and severe(group C1)sactosalpinx in the observation groups were higher than those of patients with the corresponding degree of sactosalpinx in the control groups(groups A2,B2,and C2 respectively),and the recurrence rate was lower than that of patients with the corresponding degree of sactosalpinx in the control groups(groups A2,B2,and C2 respectively),and the differences were statistically significant(P＜0.05 or P＜0.01).However,no statistically significant differences of ectopic pregnancy rate and miscarriage rate(P＞0.05)were shown in the patients with the same degree of sactosalpinx(A1 vs A2,B1 vs B2,C1 vs C2).(2)Seven days after the operation,the serum TGF-β1 and CTGF levels of the observation groups did not differ from those in the control groups(A1 vs A2,B1 vs B2,C1 vs C2),the differences being not statistically significant(P＞0.05).Three months after the operation,the serum TGF-β1 and CTGF levels of patients in the observation groups and the control groups were significantly lower than those at postoperative day 7(P＜0.05),and the reduction of serum TGF-β1 and CTGF levels in the patients with mild(A1 group),moderate(B1 group),and severe(C1 group)sactosalpinx in the observation groups was significantly superior to that of patients with the corresponding degree of sactosalpinx in the control groups(groups A2,B2,and C2 respectively),the differences being statistically significant(P＜0.01).Conclusion Yiqi Huayu Tongluo method can improve the efficacy of minimally invasive tubal dredging operation for sactosalpinx,significantly increase the pregnancy rate and live birth rate and reduce the recurrence rate of patients.Its therapeutic mechanism may be related to the inhibition of the expression levels of serum TGF-β1 and CTGF.
