Research on the clinical efficacy of the combination of Chinese traditional medicine and Western medicine on the chronic traumatic tibial osteomyelitis

Abstract

The research investigation is carried to observe the clinical efficacy of the combination of Chinese traditional medicine (TCM) and Western medicine on the traumatic chronic tibial osteomyelitis (CO). A total of 80 patients who were admitted to this hospital between January 2012 and January 2017 were randomly divided into two groups, i.e. the control group and the observation group, with 40 patients in each group. In the control group, patients underwent the surgery to eliminate the lesion plus the antibiotics, while those in the observation group received the surgery, antibiotics administration and the wuwei xiaodu drink. In the observation group, patients had lowered erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), white blood cells (WBC) and neutrophils in comparison with the control group (p<0.05). The total effectiveness rate of patients in the observation group was 92.5%, significantly higher than 80.0% in the control group (p<0.05). Combination of the TCM and Western medicine can mitigate the local lesion of traumatic CO and ameliorate the general status, with significant efficacy. Thus, it is worthy of being promoted in clinical practice.