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Section Type: RESULTS

Text: The total effective rate was 93. 3 % in the surrounded needling therapy group and 80. 0 % in the western medicine group, with a significant difference between the two groups (P < 0. 01) ; the serum uric acid contents before and after treatment were (516. 85 + / - 48. 63) micromol/L and (293. 77 + / - 68. 45) micromol/L in the surrounded needling therapy group, and (509. 66 + / - 51. 11) micromol/L and (333. 66 + / - 89. 22) mciromol/L in the western medicine group, respectively, with significant differences before and after treatment in the two groups (both P < 0. 05), and with a significant difference in the serum uric acid content after treatment between the two groups (P < 0. 01).