Observation on the curative effect of electroacupuncture stimulation combined with Erxian de-coction on postpartum stress urinary incontinence patients
Objective To investigate the efficacy of electroacupuncture stimulation combined with Erxian decoction on postpartum stress urinary incontinence(SUI)patients.Methods Retrospec-tive analysis was conducted on the clinical data of 134 SUI patients who visited our hospital from Janu-ary 2020 to January 2022.According to the convenient sampling method,67 SUI patients from January 2020 to January 2021 were selected as the control group(basic pelvic floor muscle rehabilitation train-ing+Erxian decoction),and 67 SUI patients from February 2021 to January 2022 were selected as the combined group(basic pelvic floor muscle rehabilitation training+Erxian decoction+electroacupunc-ture stimulation),the treatment cycle was 3 months.The levels of serum connective tissue growth fac-tor(CTGF)and relaxin(RLX),urine pad test results,pelvic floor muscle strength,curative effect and adverse reactions were observed and compared between the two groups.Results After 1 month and 3 months of treatment,the level of serum CTGF in both groups was greatly decreased,and the combined group was lower than the control group(all P<0.05);after 1 week,1 month and 3 months of treatment,the level of serum RLX in both groups was greatly decreased,and the combined group was lower than the control group(all P<0.05).After 3 months of treatment,the urine leakage in both groups was greatly reduced,and the combined group was lower than the control group(all P<0.05).After 3 months of treatment,the pelvic floor muscle strength of both groups was greatly im-proved,and the improvement effect of the combined group was better than that of the control group(all P<0.05).The total effective rate of the combined group was greatly higher than that of the control group[91.04%(61/67)vs.77.61%(52/67),x2=4.574,P=0.032].Conclusions Electroacu-puncture stimulation combined with Erxian Decoction has obvious curative effect in treating SUI patients,it can effectively reduce serum CTGF and RLX levels,and ameliorate SUI symptoms,with high safety.