Table 12.
Incidences of Adverse Events in Included Studies
| Included Studies | Adverse Events |
|---|---|
| Zhang 201111 | Moxibustion group: none Western medicine group: 3 cases (sour regurgitation 1, ausea 1, epigastric pain 1) |
| Qiu 200620 | Electro-acupuncture group: 2 cases (local hematoma) Western medicine group: 9 cases (epigastric discomfort, sour regurgitation) |
| Yin 201724 | Electro-acupuncture group: 1 case (subcutaneous hemorrhage) Western medicine group: 2 cases (gastrointestinal discomfort, mild constipation) |
| Chen 201231 | Warm needle group: none Western medicine group: 1 case(stomach discomfort) |
| Jiang 201332 | Warm needle group: none Western medicine group: none |
| Shen 201737 | Conventional acupuncture group: 2 cases (fainting during acupuncture treatment) Western medicine group: 6 cases (gastrointestinal discomfort, headache and dizziness, facial edema) |
| Zhang 201639 | Warm needle group: 2 cases (fainting during acupuncture treatment, sticking of needle in acupuncture) Conventional acupuncture group: 8 cases (constipation, diarrhea, nausea, dizziness) |
| Lin 201840 | Conventional acupuncture group: 2 cases (pain and hematoma at the acupuncture site) Sham acupuncture group: 1 case (pain at the acupuncture site) |
| Zhao 201441 | Moxibustion group: 10 cases (reddening of skin) sham moxibustion group: none |
| Lu 201144 | Fire needle group: none Warm needle group: none |
| Lin 201248 | Fire needle group: none Conventional acupuncture group: none |
| He 201849 | Electro-acupuncture group: none Fire needle group: none |