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Sexual function and fertility in patients treated for posterior urethral valves
C R Woodhouse1, J M Reilly, G Bahadur
1Institute of Urology, St. Peter's Hospitals, London, England.
The Journal of Urology
|August 1, 1989
Abstract:
We interviewed 21 men treated in infancy for posterior urethral valves about their sexual function. Of the men 10 provided semen samples (1 of which was incompletely analyzed) and 7 provided urine voided after masturbation. Erections and orgasm were normal in 20 men and 1 had lifelong impotence. Nine men had slow or dry ejaculation. There was no evidence on urinalysis of retrograde ejaculation except in 1 patient. Semen counts were within the fertile range. Of 9 patients 5 had viscous semen with a pH of more than 8.0. Three patients had initiated pregnancies.