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[A comparative study of male patient's sexual function before and after kidney transplantation]
Long-Gen Xu1, Jun Cheng, Qi-Zhe Song
1Renal Transplantation Center, 117th Hospital of PLA, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310013, China.
Objectives:
To investigate sexual function before and after kidney transplantation in patients with chronic nephrosis.
Methods:
Eighty-six male patients were divided into 3 age groups: young-age group (Group A), middle-age group(Group B) and elder-age group(Group C). Sexual function, including potency, frequency and satisfaction of intercourse before and after the sickening, and after transplantation, were recorded in each group.
Results:
All the patients were potent before suffering from nephrosis. The proportion of patients who were potent after catching the disease in Group A, B and C was 28.6%, 13.8% and 9.1%, respectively. Notably, the proportion of patients remaining potent after transplantation in Group A, B and C was 88.6%, 75.9% and 63.6%, respectively.
Conclusions:
Quality of sexual life is significantly improved after kidney transplantation. The younger the patients, the better the improvement.