• 1. Chinese Evidence-based Medicine Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China;
  • 2. Institute of Biomedical Engineering, School of Preclinical and Forensic Medicine, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China;
LIYou-ping, Email: yzmylab@hotmail.com
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Objective To systematically evaluate the effect of combination of motherwort injection and oxytocin for promoting the involution of uterus. Methods Data of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of motherwort injection and oxytocin in promoting the effect of postpartum involution of uterus were collected by searching the electronic databases including PubMed, EMbase, CNKI, WanFang Data, CENTRAL and WHO ICTRP from inception to August 26th, 2016. Two reviewers independently screened literatures according to the inclusion and exclusion criteria, extracted data, and assessed the risk of bias of included studies. Meta-analysis was conducted by RevMan 5.3 software. Results A total of 18 RCTs involving 6 468 patients were included. The results of meta-analysis showed that:Compared with the oxytocin alone group, the combination group of motherwort injection and oxytocin was higher on promoting the drop height of uterus (MD=1.33, 95%CI 1.03 to 1.63), lower on the height of uterus (MD=-2.12, 95%CI -2.64 to -1.61) and duration of lochia (MD=-7.11, 95%CI -8.84 to -5.38). There was no statistical difference in adverse effect rate between the two groups (OR=0.87, 95%CI 0.64 to 1.19, P=0.38). Conclusions Motherwort injection combined with oxytocin is superior to oxytocin alone in promoting the drop height of postpartum uterus and shortening the duration of lochia. Because of the low quality of the included studies, more high quality RCTs are needed to prove the above conclusion.

Citation: SUGuan-yue, YUJia-jie, LIYou-ping. Effect of Motherwort Injection in Promoting Postpartum Involution of Uterus: A Meta-analysis. Chinese Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine, 2016, 16(11): 1313-1321. doi: 10.7507/1672-2531.20160199 Copy

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