Study on Changes of Traditional Chinese Medicine Syndrome in Patients with KneeOsteoarthritis before and after Total Knee Arthroplasty
LUO Jiaxuan
CAI Hairong
Yin Zhihao
CHEN Huan
ZHU Huifeng
LIN Rongkun
CAO Xuewei
Abstract：Objective:To observe the changing laws of traditional Chinese medicine(TCM) syndrome type in patients with knee osteoarthritis(KOA) before and after total knee arthroplasty(TKA) and to provide a theo-retical basis for TCM treatment and prevention. Methods:There were 149 patients with KOA during Jan. 2015 to Jan. 2016 in Guangdong Provincial TCM Hospital diagnosed as different types of TCM syndrome before and after TKA. Results:Before TKA treatment,qi stagnation and blood stasis was of 60 cases, (40.3%),as the commonest,qi deficiency and blood stasis was of 27 cases(18.1%),spleen deficiency and dampness stagnation was of 24 cases (16.1%),kidney deficiency and blood stasis was of 23 cases (15.4%), deficiency of qi and blood was of 15 cases(10.1%). After TKA treatment,qi deficiency and blood stasis was of 54 cases(36.2%) as the commonest,kidney deficiency and blood stasis was of 28 cases(18.8%), qi stagnation and blood stasis was of 20 cases (13.4%),spleen deficiency and dampness stagnation was of 24 cases(16.1%),deficiency of qi and blood was of 23 cases(15.4%). There was a significant difference in TCM syndromes between before and after TKA(P<0.01). The average age of patients of kidney deficiency and blood stasis was the highest(P<0.05). Conclusion:Qi stagnation and blood stasis was the major syn-drome of KOA before TKA,while qi deficiency and blood stasis was the major syndrome of KOA after TKA,indicating there was a tendency of from deficiency to excess after TKA in general.
Keywords：knee osteoarthritistotal knee arthro-plastytraditional Chinese medicine syndrome
Publication Date：2017-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2026-05-22(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 481-484 )