Author(s)

Qingqing Li^1*, Laiming Yu², Hui Chen¹, Ruzhi Zhang³, Xinghua Yang⁴, Qiuling Liu¹, Maping Huang¹, Dahui Zhang¹, Shuqing Wu¹

¹Department of Neurourological Rehabilitation, Guangdong Provincial Work Injury Rehabilitation Hospital, Guangzhou, China.
²Guangzhou Southern Mingdao Modified Acupuncture and Moxibustion Catgut Embedding Promotion Center, Guangzhou, China.
³Subhealth Center, Guangdong Provincial Work Injury Rehabilitation Hospital, Guangzhou, China.
⁴Department of Spine and Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation, Guangdong Provincial Work Injury Rehabilitation Hospital, Guangzhou, China.

Objective: To probe into the effect of catgut implantation at Baliao and Xingfu One Acupuncture Point on dysdefecation in patients with incomplete spinal cord injury (SCI). Methods: Three SCI patients voluntarily accepted catgut embedding at Baliao and Xingfu One Acupuncture point. Before and after treatment, they were filled out the self-rating scale of defecation, including the data of defecation frequency, total defecation time, defecation effort, fecal texture, fecal characteristics and fecal incontinence, etc. Results: Compared with the baseline data, constipation was improved and fecal incontinence was disappeared. Conclusions: Catgut implantation at Baliao and Xingfu One Acupuncture Point is effectual for patients with neurogenic dysporia secondary to incomplete SCI.

Baliao, Xingfu One Acupuncture Point, Catgut Implantation, Spinal Cord Injury, Dysdefecation

Li, Q. , Yu, L. , Chen, H. , Zhang, R. , Yang, X. , Liu, Q. , Huang, M. , Zhang, D. and Wu, S. (2020) Catgut Implantation at Baliao and Xingfu One Acupuncture Point to Treat Dysdefecation in Patients with Incomplete Spinal Cord Injury: Three Cases Report. Open Journal of Urology, 10, 211-216. doi: 10.4236/oju.2020.106024.