title: Clinical curative effect of fuzi-cake-separated moxibustion for preventing dysuria after operation for lower limb fracture.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess the clinical curative effect of fuzi-cake-separated moxibustion at Zhongji (CV 3) and Guanyuan (CV 4) for preventing dysuria after internal fixation of lower limb fractures.
  
  
  METHODS
  Sixty patients conforming to the inclusion standards were randomly divided into a treatment group (n = 30) and a control group (n = 30). Fuzi-cake-separated moxibustion was performed at Guanyuan (CV 4) and Zhongji (CV 3), 20 min at a time, twice a day, for 3 days before operation in the treatment group. No fuzi-cake-separated moxibustion was performed in the control group. After treatment, the score for symptoms of first urination, urinary time, urinary volume, 24 h remaining urinary volume, incidence of uroschesis, and rate of controlling dysuria were compared to evaluate the curative effect of preventing post-operative dysuria.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The score for symptoms of first urination, 24 h remaining urinary volume (maximum 120 mL vs 250 ml, and less than 10 ml in 24 cases vs 15 cases), and the rate of controlling dysuria (83.34% vs 30%) were significantly better (P < 0.05, P < 0.05, and P < 0.001, respectively) in the treatment compared with the control group. There was no statistical difference (P > 0.05) between the two groups in first post-operative urinary time, urinary volume, or incidence of 24 h uroschesis.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Fuzi-cake-separated moxibustion at Zhongji (CV 3) and Guanyuan (CV 4) can better prevent post-operative dysuria, effectively promote the functional restoration of the urinary bladder, and control the incidence of post-operative dysuria.
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yue
authors.forename: Lijun
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Tao
authors.forename: Jianqiao
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fang
authors.forename: Qi
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Xie
authors.forename: Shaofeng
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: Chunxia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Xueming
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Yang
mesh_terms: D031841:Aconitum / Q000737:chemistry*; D015669:Acupuncture Points; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D053159:Dysuria / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D035002:Lower Extremity / Q000293:injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009071:Moxibustion; D055815:Young Adult