[Reconstructive surgery for male urethral stricture affects erectile function and sexual life quality]
Xiao-Lin Xu1, Yue-Min Xu, Jian-Jun Yu
1Department of Urology, Sixth People's Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai 200233, China. xuxiaolin@2008.sina.com
Objective:
To evaluate the influence of reconstructive surgery for male urethral stricture on erectile function and sexual life quality.
Methods:
We analyzed retrospectively the clinical data of 326 male patients who underwent urethroplasty for urethral stricture in our department and evaluated their erectile function and sexual life quality.
Results:
A total of 172 groups of valid data were collected, with the mean follow-up of 28.5 months. The mean scores on IIEF-5 (P=0.002) and sexual life quality (P=0.026) were statistically significantly reduced after surgery. Erectile dysfunction was found in 88 (51.2%) of the patients after urethroplasty, as compared with 56 (32.6%) preoperatively.
Conclusion:
The location of urethral stricture, surgical method and urethral stricture recurrence may affect the erectile function and sexual life quality of the patient, but both can be gradually improved with the time after urethroplasty.
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