Catgut

Sterile collagen strands obtained from healthy mammals. They are used as absorbable surgical ligatures and are frequently impregnated with chromium or silver for increased strength. They tend to cause tissue reaction.

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Networked: 471 relevant articles (50 outcomes, 59 trials/studies)

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Experts

1.	Huang, Wei: 6 articles (01/2022 - 01/2018)
2.	Chen, Xia: 5 articles (01/2022 - 09/2018)
3.	Chen, Guizhen: 5 articles (11/2021 - 01/2019)
4.	Xu, Yunxiang: 5 articles (11/2021 - 01/2019)
5.	Hou, Xun-Rui: 4 articles (06/2022 - 04/2020)
6.	Li, Li-Hong: 4 articles (06/2022 - 04/2020)
7.	Chen, Pan-Bi: 4 articles (02/2022 - 07/2012)
8.	Wei, Dan: 4 articles (01/2022 - 01/2019)
9.	Zhou, Zhong-Yu: 4 articles (01/2022 - 09/2018)
10.	Liang, Junquan: 4 articles (11/2021 - 05/2020)

Related Diseases

1.	Obesity 01/01/2023 - "Acupoint catgut embedding (ACE) has been proven to be effective and safe in the treatment of obesity, but few studies have been conducted involving its central mechanisms. " 07/24/2020 - "This meta-analysis will further determine the beneficial efficacy of acupoint catgut embedding on obesity T2DM. " 01/01/2020 - "For treating simple obesity, electroacupuncture is superior to other interventions such as acupuncture, acupoint catgut embedding therapy, and simple lifestyle modification for improvement in body fat rate, waist circumference, and waist-hip ratio, although not hip circumference. " 06/01/2014 - "In a word, the clinical efficacy of acupoint catgut-embedding is superior to other therapies in the treatment of simple obesity." 07/14/2023 - "Studies have demonstrated the efficacy of both acupuncture and acupoint catgut embedding (ACE) in the management of obesity. "
2.	Allergic Rhinitis 05/01/2014 - "The acupoint catgut embedding therapy combined with acupuncture-moxibustion therapy are safe and effective in the treatment of allergic rhinitis and display the more roles in the long-term efficacy." 12/01/2019 - "Catgut implantation at acupoint (CIAA) is increasing used in allergic rhinitis therapy, and many studies have published that it is effective in the treatment of allergic rhinitis. " 11/10/2016 - "Our findings suggest that catgut implantation at acupoints is an effective and safe method for symptomatic treatment of allergic rhinitis. " 10/01/2023 - "Efficacy of catgut embedding in Baihui (GV20) and Feishu (BL13) and Pishu (BL20) on lung tissue, brain tissue and blood related indexes in rats with allergic rhinitis of lung deficiency type." 01/10/2013 - "Clinical effect of catgut implantation at acupoints for allergic rhinitis: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial."
3.	Hemorrhage 05/01/1984 - "These studies indicated that the laser is more effective in controlling parenchymal bleeding and air leaks than either the cautery or chromic catgut and produces less local tissue reaction. " 11/01/2008 - "Haemostasis was achieved with packing and 3/0 chromic catgut suture is used to treat the persistently bleeding sites in the 'cold' tonsillectomy group. " 12/01/1989 - "Troublesome bleeding was avoided or controlled by incising the normal skin, subperiosteal dissection, hypotensive anesthesia, and chromic catgut suture ligature." 01/01/1977 - "The catgut ligature on the appendix stump was found to have slipped off, and it was assumed that there had been bleeding from the appendix stump into the caecum. " 06/01/1957 - "[Use of catgut to arrest hemorrhage in hemophilia]."
4.	Wounds and Injuries (Trauma) 02/01/1976 - "By one such trial, continuous layer suture with chromic catgut has been shown to be significantly inferior to catgut layer suture combined with tension, sutures or to figure-of-eight (Tom Jones) sutures of wire, as judged by the incidence of wound dehiscence or of subsequent incisional herniation. " 02/01/1970 - "The use of iodized catgut and electrocoagulation diathermy in relation to the incidence of tumour recurrence in operation wounds: An experimental study." 05/01/2020 - "In oral wound repairs and tonsillectomy, catgut has been used from the 1970s to the present. " 03/10/2015 - "In this systematic review, we present information relating to the effectiveness and safety of the following interventions: conventional suturing; different methods and materials for primary repair of obstetric anal sphincter injuries; non-suturing of muscle and skin (or perineal skin alone); and sutures (absorbable synthetic sutures, catgut sutures, continuous sutures, interrupted sutures)." 01/01/2015 - "Group 1 (n = 17) underwent circumcision by scalpel with approximation of the wound edges using chromic catgut sutures. "
5.	Postoperative Pain 05/25/2021 - "EA combined with acupoint catgut embedding is more effective than simple EA or acupoint catgut embedding for postoperative pain after fistulotomy, with significant curative effect and no adverse reactions. " 05/25/2021 - "To evaluate the effect of electroacupuncture(EA) combined with acupoint catgut embedding the-rapy for postoperative pain after fistulotomy. " 05/25/2021 - "[Electroacupuncture combined with acupoint catgut embedding for postoperative pain after fistulotomy]." 03/12/2017 - "EA combined with catgut implantation is more effective than simple EA and simple catgut implantation for postoperative pain of mixed hemorrhoid. " 05/14/2021 - "This study will evaluate the efficacy and safety of acupoint catgut embedding in the treatment of postoperative pain of mixed hemorrhoids, and the results of this study will provide a new idea for the selection of postoperative analgesia for mixed hemorrhoids resection. "

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Related Therapies and Procedures

1.	Acupuncture Points (Acupuncture Point)
2.	Therapeutics
3.	Sutures (Suture)
4.	Electroacupuncture
5.	Moxibustion