• Jian Zhao, Zhongguang Zhou, Xin He, Yin Yuan, and Di Wang.
• Basic Medical School, Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine, Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, China.
• Medicine (Baltimore). 2021 Sep 10; 100 (36): e27088e27088.

BackgroundIt is simple, convenient, inexpensive, proven, extensive, and safe for acupuncture in the treatment of postherpetic neuralgia (PHN). However, there are no comparisons between various acupuncture therapies that can directly and effectively provide specific guidance to clinicians. The development of a guideline for the optimization of acupuncture for PHN is of great importance for the development of clinical acupuncture. Therefore, we attempted to design a study protocol for a network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials of acupuncture for PHN to provide evidence to support the treatment of acupuncture for PHN.MethodsA search of 8 databases, Chinese Scientific Journal Database, China National Knowledge Infrastructure Database, Wanfang, China Biomedical Literature Database, PubMed, Cochrane Library, Embase, and Web of Science, was conducted to collect randomized controlled trials about acupuncture for PHN. RevMan 5.3 and Stata 14.0 software were used for data analysis.ResultsThis meta-analysis will provide additional and more robust evidence for acupuncture treatment of PHN. Our findings will assist clinicians in making treatment decisions.ConclusionThis study will provide comprehensive and reliable evidence-based evidence for the treatment of PHN with acupuncture.Copyright © 2021 the Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc.

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