The curative and remarkably effective rates were 75.8 % ( 25/33 ) and 81.8 % ( 27/22 ) after treatment and in the follow-up visit in the catgut implantation + western medication group , which were better than 67.9 % ( 19/28 ) and 53.6 % ( 15/28 ) in the western medication group separately ( P < 0.05 , P < 0.01 ) .