Objective To observe the application effect of wrist-ankle acupuncture combined with three-part hot pack on postoperative dysuria in patients with anorectal disease and its effect on the time of first urination.

Methods A total of 60 patients with anorectal diseases from November 2019 to September 2020 in the Department of Anorectal Diseases of the First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui University of Traditional Chinese Medicine were selected as control group, and were treated with three-part hot compress by hot packs on related acupoints. At the same time, 56 patients with anorectal disease who underwent surgeries from October 2020 to August 2021 were selected as observation group, and the lower 1 area and the lower 6 area were treated with wrist-ankle acupuncture on the basis of the control group. The treatment effective rate, time to first urination and health-related quality of life were compared between the two groups.

Results The treatment effective rate of the observation group was 78.57%, which was significantly higher than 61.67% in the control group (P < 0.05). The first urination time in the observation group was (42.11±11.87) min, which was shorter than (91.62±22.87) min in the control group (P < 0.05). The EuroQol-Visual Analogue Scale (EQ-VAS) score was 50.00(60.00, 68.75) in the control group, and was 61.25(75.00, 80.00) in the observation group, which showed a significant difference between the two groups (P < 0.05). There were no significant differences in the proportions of patients with good quality of life and those with health problems in dimensions of "pain and discomfort" and "anxiety and depression" between the two groups (P>0.05).

Conclusion Wrist-ankle acupuncture combined with three-part hot pack can effectively improve postoperative dysuria in patients with anorectal diseases, shorten the time of first urination, relieve the pain caused by dysuria, and improve the quality of life of patients after surgery.