Acupuncture for symptomatic gastroparesis

Kim, K. H., Lee, M. S., Choi, T.-Y., & Kim, T.-H. · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2018 December 18

Objective

To assess the benefits and harms of acupuncture, in comparison with no treatment, sham acupuncture, conventional medicine, standard care, or other non‐pharmacological active interventions for symptom management in people with gastroparesis.

Conclusions

There is very low‐certainty evidence for a short‐term benefit with acupuncture alone or combined with gastrokinetic drugs compared with the drug alone, in terms of the proportion of people who experienced an improvement in diabetic gastroparesis.

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