Acupuncture Methods for Primary Trigeminal Neuralgia: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

Table 5

The results of network meta-analysis of response rate.

MA + EA
2.34 (0.14, 45.48)	FA
5.27 (0.24, 108.34)	2.31 (0.07, 51.27)	AM
3.51 (1.08, 11.91)	2.42 (0.15, 33.74)	1.04 (0.09, 15.04)	EA
12.43 (2.02, 131.91)	5.44 (0.78, 57.31)	2.67 (0.43, 20.33)	2.19 (0.47, 19.09)	MA
11.08 (0.63, 306.10)	5.19 (0.18, 137.33)	2.14 (0.13, 58.84)	1.97 (0.25, 24.41)	0.93 (0.05, 11.76)	MA + CM
4.57 (0.30, 58.46)	1.98 (0.09, 33.64)	0.85 (0.07, 15.03)	0.79 (0.16, 4.27)	0.37 (0.02, 2.46)	0.41 (0.05, 2.02)	EA + CM
3.61 (0.23, 47.22)	1.54 (0.06, 26.99)	0.66 (0.05, 11.13)	0.63 (0.11, 3.56)	0.29 (0.02, 1.97)	0.32 (0.03, 2.47)	0.78 (0.17, 3.59)	AM + CM
20.24 (1.61, 208.87)	8.64 (0.44, 127.99)	3.69 (0.34, 50.71)	3.50 (1.00, 14.47)	5.03 (3.46, 7.89)	5.10 (2.85, 9.45)	4.32 (1.60, 12.67)	5.53 (1.90, 17.37)	CM
117.72 (9.06, 2206.40)	49.29 (3.48, 1006.76)	22.23 (1.27, 660.91)	20.21 (2.03, 306.03)	8.89 (1.58, 59.55)	10.04 (0.46, 259.77)	24.94 (1.97, 592.58)	32.11 (2.30, 810.36)	5.68 (0.52, 118.12)	SA

^∗Significant difference. MA: manual acupuncture; EA: electronic acupuncture; AM: acupuncture-moxibustion; FA: fire acupuncture; SA: sham acupuncture; CM: conventional medicine.