Clinical Focus ›› 2024, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (3): 197-207.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1004-583X.2024.03.001

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Tonsillectomy as a therapy for patients with IgA nephropathy: A meta-analysis

Sun Shuaigang, Zhai Yaling(), Zhang Wenhui, Tian Huijuan   

  1. Department of Nephrology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, the Renal Research Institution of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China
  • Received:2023-03-09 Online:2024-03-20 Published:2024-06-12
  • Contact: Zhai Yaling E-mail:zhaiyaling1988@163.com

Abstract:

Objective The efficacy of tonsillectomy in immunoglobulin A nephropathy (IgAN) still remains controversial. This meta-analysis aims to evaluate the efficacy of tonsillectomy as an auxiliary or independent therapy and provide more evidence-based evidence for its clinical application. Methods We retrieved the literatures about the efficacy of tonsillectomy in IgAN published in Pubmed, Embase, ScienceDirect, Cochrane library, Web of science, Chinese National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), VIP, China Biomedical Literature Database (CBM) and Wanfang databases from the time of establishment to November 1, 2022. The rate of proteinuria remission, hematuria remission, complete remission (CR) and end-stage renal disease (ESRD) were taken as observation points and meta-analyse were conducted by using Stata 12.0 software. Results A total of 36 studies representing 5797 patients with primary IgAN were ultimately enrolled. Meta-analysis showed that compared with drug therapy alone, tonsillectomy, as auxiliary or independent therapy, significantly improved proteinuria remission rate (OR=4.44, 95%CI: 3.14-6.27), hematuria remission rate (OR=5.11, 95%CI: 2.92-8.93) and CR rate (OR=3.32, 95%CI: 2.79-3.96), and significantly reduced incidence of ESRD (OR=0.24,95%CI: 0.17-0.33). Conclusion As auxiliary or independent treatment, tonsillectomy may induce clinical remission and inhibit the progression of ESRD in patients with IgAN and more attention should be paid to its application value in clinic.

Key words: glomerulonephritis, IGA, tonsillectomy, clinical remission, end-stage renal disease, Meta-analysis

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