Meta analysis of acupuncture for sudden deafness

Objective: Sudden deafness is a clinically common disease. In order to explore more effective acupuncture methods for treating sudden deafness, this study evaluates the clinical efficacy of acupuncture in treating sudden deafness. Methods: Computer retrieval Pubmed (1979-2018), MEDILINE (1991-2018), Cochrane Library, China Knowledge Database ( CNKI,1979-2018), Omni Database (1990-2018), Vip full-text journal database (VIP,1989-2018), randomized controlled trials for acupuncture treatment of sudden deafness, selection of clinical trials that meet the criteria for inclusion, quality evaluation in Cochrane5.0 system evaluation manual, statistical analysis and use RevMan5.3.3.5. results: 12 literature met the criteria for inclusion, out of 976 patients.① 12 literature Meta analysis results showed that acupuncture therapy had a higher total effective efficiency in treating sudden deafness than milliacedness, heterogeneity test P=0.17, I2=28%, combined effect RR=1.32,95% CI (1.23,1.42), P^0.00001 ; ② There are 3 literature Meta analysis results showing that the total effective efficiency of thermoconic needle therapy for sudden deafness is higher than milliacupuncture method, heterogeneity test P=0.31, J 2=14%, combined effect RR=1.29,95% CI (1.13,1.46), P≈ 0.0001; Law on hearing loss in patients with sudden deafness The improvement of decibels was better than that of millineedle prick, heterogeneity test P=0.77, I2=0%, combined effect amount MD=-7.01,95% CI (-11.03, -2.99), P=0.0006. None of the studies included reported adverse events, the methodological quality of the study was extremely low. Conclusion: The results of this Meta analysis Illustration, Efficacy of acupuncture therapy for sudden deafness superior to the millacillary method, thus providing clinical options for the treatment of sudden deafness, but due to the small and very low quality of the samples included in this study, the above conclusions need to be confirmed by randomized blind trials of high quality and large samples.