Background: Intestinal colic is a common complication in patients who have undergone radical surgery for colorectal cancer. Traditional Chinese medicine has advantages, including safety and stability, for the treatment of intestinal colic. Lamp irradiation for abdominal ironing has been applied in the treatment of many gastrointestinal diseases. Purple gromwell oil has the effects of clearing heat, cooling blood, reducing swelling, and relieving pain.
Aim: To investigate the impact of lamp irradiation combined with purple gromwell oil gauze on ameliorating intestinal colic in patients after radical surgery for colorectal cancer.
Methods: A total of 120 patients who experienced postoperative intestinal colic complications after radical surgery for colorectal cancer and who were admitted to Foshan Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital between June 2019 and March 2023 were enrolled as study subjects. The patients were divided into a control group (60 patients) and an observation group (60 patients) based on treatment method. The control group was treated with lamp irradiation, while the observation group was treated with lamp irradiation and external application of purple gromwell oil gauze. The clinical efficacy, Numeric Rating Scale (NRS) score, duration of symptoms, and rate of adverse reaction occurrence were further compared between the two groups.
Results: The general effective rate in the observation group was 95.00%, which was significantly higher than that in the control group (86.67%, < 0.05). Before treatment, there was no significant difference in the duration of symptoms between the groups ( > 0.05). After 1, 2, 3, and 4 d of treatment, the duration of symptoms in both groups were decreased, and the duration in the observation group was significantly lower than that in the control group (96.54 ± 9.57 110.45 ± 11.23, 87.26 ± 12.07 104.44 ± 11.68, 80.45 ± 16.21 99.44 ± 14.95, 73.18 ± 15.58 92.17 ± 14.20; < 0.05). After 1, 3, 5, and 7 d of treatment, the NRS scores in both groups were decreased, and the NRS scores in the observation group were significantly lower than those in the control group (3.56 ± 0.41 4.04 ± 0.58, 3.07 ± 0.67 3.74 ± 1.02, 2.52 ± 0.76 3.43 ± 0.85, 2.03 ± 0.58 3.03 ± 0.82; < 0.05). There was no significant difference in the rate of adverse reaction occurrence between the groups ( > 0.05).
Conclusion: The use of lamp irradiation combined with purple gromwell oil gauze in patients with intestinal colic after radical surgery for colorectal cancer can reduce symptom duration, alleviate intestinal colic, and improve treatment efficacy, and this approach is safe. It is worth promoting the use of this treatment in clinical practice.
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