• 1. Department of Oncology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan Univerisity, Wuhan, Hubei 430060, P. R. China;
  • 2. Kunming Medical University School of Nursing, Kunming, Yunnan 650500, P. R. China;
WAN Yonghui, Email: 2691749068@qq.com
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Objective To evaluate the effect of soft silicone dressing in radiation dermatitis after radiotherapy for head and neck tumors.Methods The data of Cochrane Library, Web of Science, JBI Library, CINAHL, Embase, Medline, China National Knowledge Infrastructure, Wanfang Database and Chinese Biomedical Literature Database were searched by computer, and the literature of soft silicone dressing in the treatment of radiation dermatitis were collected. The intervention group was treated with soft silicone dressing and the control group was treated with burn ointment and other methods. The retrieval time was from their inception to March 2019. After screening, quality evaluation and data extraction by two independent evaluators, meta-analysis was carried out by RevMan 5.3 software.Results A total of 7 articles were included, including 2 in English and 5 in Chinese, with a total of 487 patients. The results of meta-analysis showed that soft silicone dressing could shorten the wound healing time of radiation dermatitis [mean difference=−4.05 days, 95% confidence interval (CI) (−6.69, −1.42) days, P=0.003], reduce the severity of radiation dermatitis symptoms rated by the Radiation Therapy Oncology Group grade [odds ratio =7.99, 95% CI (2.69, 23.75), P=0.000 2], and reduce the score of Radiation-Induced Skin Reaction Assessment Scale (RISRAS) [standardized mean difference=−1.32, 95%CI (−2.64, −0.00), P=0.05]. To some extent, the curative effect was better than that of other methods. Wound healing time and RISRAS score combined with heterogeneity, after sensitivity analysis, the results were stable. Conclusion Soft silicone dressing can improve the concomitant symptoms of radiation dermatitis after radiotherapy of head and neck tumor, and may relieve the pain of radiation dermatitis to a certain extent, and promote the healing speed of dermatitis wound.

Citation: SHEN Yue, TAO Shiqi, ZHOU Wei, WAN Yonghui. Soft silicone dressing in the treatment of acute radiation dermatitis of head and neck tumors: a meta-analysis. West China Medical Journal, 2019, 34(11): 1285-1291. doi: 10.7507/1002-0179.201904031 Copy

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