Xiatianwu
tablet is based on the theory of
traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), combined with modern TCM pharmacology and selected 33 famous traditional Chinese crude drugs to compose. Its recipe helps cure
rheumatism, relax tendons, promote blood circulation to relieve
pain, et al. Although Xiatianwu
tablets are widely applied to clinical remedy such as
rheumatic arthritis, lumbar disc
hernia,
osteoarthritis and so on, there is no report about its application in fracture. This article is to observe the efficacy of compound Xiatianwu
tablets in elderly patients with osteoporotic
distal radius fractures and its impact on the wrist function and complications. 180 elderly patients with osteoporotic
distal radius fractures, from January 2011 to June 2014, were divided into observation group and control group by the method of random number table, each group had 90 cases. The control group were gave Caltrate D after manipulative reduction and plaster immobilization, observation group were treated with compound Xiatianwu
tablets in the basis of the control group. Efficacy, wrist function and complication rates were observed in two groups
after treatment. The excellent and good rate was 95.56% in observation group better than 77.78% in control group, the difference was statistically significant (χ2 = 4.712, P < 0.05). The complication rate in observation group was significantly lower compared with the control group (P < 0.05). This study shows that compound Xiatianwu
tablets can improve the efficacy in elderly patients with osteoporotic
distal radius fractures, reduce the incidence of complications and relieve the
pain of patients which plays a significant role in improving the quality of life.