A patient from Guangxi who suffered urinary incontinence due to a heavy object injury recovered the ability to urinate normally after undergoing the Xiao procedure.

Eight years after suffering a waist injury from a falling object in Guangxi, Mr. Luo underwent the Xiao procedure at Xiao Chuan-Guo Hospital. A year after the surgery, marking nine years since his accident, Mr. Luo finally regained the ability to control his bladder and bowel movements independently.

Life’s accidents are unpredictable. Mr. Luo was working in Foshan, Guangdong, when a large wooden plank fell from a building under renovation, hitting him on his lower back because he couldn’t dodge in time. His family quickly took him to Foshan City Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital for treatment.

Initially, doctors diagnosed Mr. Luo with an L1 burst fracture and neurogenic bladder based on symptoms like numbness in both legs, urinary retention, and difficulty urinating. They performed an L1 vertebrae internal fixation and placed a urinary catheter, but these measures did not improve his urination, and he also suffered from constipation. Five years later, Mr. Luo experienced pain in both sides of his waist and was diagnosed with bilateral hydronephrosis at a local hospital, where he underwent a cystostomy. Although his condition did not worsen after the surgery, the improvement was minimal.

Mr. Luo learned about Professor Xiao Chuan-Guo at Xiao Chuan-Guo Hospital in Shenzhen, renowned for treating complicated urinary system conditions like paraplegic incontinence and myelomeningocele incontinence. He sought out Professor Xiao for treatment.

After a thorough examination, Professor Xiao diagnosed Mr. Luo with renal dysfunction and bilateral hydronephrosis, finding that his bladder’s detrusor muscle had no reflex or contraction. Based on these findings, Professor Xiao performed the Xiao procedure (artificial somatic-autonomic reflex arc), spinal nerve loosening, and spinal canal expansion decompression. The surgery, lasting over an hour, was completed smoothly.

Although Mr. Luo did not immediately regain his urination function, a follow-up a year later revealed he had recovered this ability.