No effect of a homoeopathic combination of Arnica montana and Bryonia alba on bleeding, inflammation, and ischaemia after aortic valve surgery.
- 2010-01-21
- RCT
- British journal of clinical pharmacology 69(2)
- Catherine Cornu
- Pierre Joseph
- Ségolène Gaillard
- Christian Bauer
- Catherine Vedrinne
- Alvine Bissery
- Ghislaine Melot
- Nadine Bossard
- Philippe Belon
- Jean-Jacques Lehot
- PubMed: 20233176
- DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2125.2009.03574.x
- High evidence
- Clinical
At 12 h and 24 h after surgery, then at drain removal, blood losses in homoeopathy and placebo groups were not statistically significant (362 +/- 218, 520 +/- 269 and 640 +/- 297 ml vs. 456 +/- 440, 620 +/- 477 and 796 +/- 717 ml; P= 0.19, 0.23 and 0.35, respectively).
- Effect
- Neutral
- Effect size
- Small
- Significant
- No