• Medicine · Aug 2020

    Meta Analysis

    Analgesic effect of pulsed electromagnetic fields for mammaplasty: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled studies.

    • Li Zhang, Wei Ding, and Yu Ji.
    • Department of Plastic Surgery, The First people's Hospital of Xiaoshan.
    • Medicine (Baltimore). 2020 Aug 28; 99 (35): e21449e21449.

    BackgroundPulsed electromagnetic fields shows some potential in alleviating pain after mammaplasty. This systematic review and meta-analysis is conducted to investigate the analgesic efficacy of pulsed electromagnetic fields for pain control after mammaplasty.MethodsThe databases including PubMed, EMbase, Web of science, EBSCO, and Cochrane library databases are systematically searched for collecting the randomized controlled trials regarding the impact of pulsed electromagnetic fields on pain intensity after mammaplasty.ResultsThis meta-analysis has included 4 randomized controlled trials. Compared with control group after mammaplasty, pulsed electromagnetic fields results in remarkably reduced pain scores on 1 day (MD = -1.34; 95% confidence interval [CI] = -2.23 to -0.45; P = .003) and 3 days (MD = -1.86; 95% CI = -3.23 to -0.49; P = .008), as well as analgesic consumption (Std. MD = -5.64; 95% CI = -7.26 to -4.02; P < .00001).ConclusionsPulsed electromagnetic fields is associated with substantially reduced pain intensity after mammaplasty.

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