title: Thirty-six cases of urinary retention treated by acupuncture.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To observe the clinical therapeutic effects of acupuncture on urinary retention.
  
  
  METHODS
  36 cases of urinary retention were treated by acupuncture at the following points: 1) Qugu (CV 2), Zhongji (CV 3) Guanyuan (CV 4), Sanyinjiao (SP 6) and Yinlingquan (SP 9); 2) Shenshu (BL 23), Pangguangshu (BL 28), Ciliao (BL 32) and Weiyang (BL 39).
  
  
  RESULTS
  30 cases were cured, 4 cases improved and 2 cases failed, with a curative rate of 83.33% and a total effective rate of 94.44%.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Acupuncture is affirmatively effective in treating urinary retention.
authors.affiliation: College of Acupuncture and Massage, Guangzhou TCM University, Guangzhou 510405, China.
authors.forename: Dongshu
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D015669:Acupuncture Points; D015670:Acupuncture Therapy; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016055:Urinary Retention / Q000628:therapy*; D055815:Young Adult