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  • Male Sexual Health
  • Surgical Outcomes

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  • Anterior urethroplasty is a surgical treatment for urethral strictures.
  • Ejaculatory dysfunction (EjD) and post-void dribbling (PVD) are potential complications following urethroplasty.
  • The underlying causes and associations between these specific post-operative symptoms are not fully understood.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the association between ejaculatory dysfunction (EjD) and post-void dribbling (PVD) after anterior urethroplasty.
  • To provide evidence for a potential common etiology underlying both EjD and PVD.
  • To compare the occurrence of EjD and PVD based on surgical techniques.

Main Methods:

  • A prospectively maintained database of patients undergoing first-time anterior urethroplasty was reviewed.
  • EjD was assessed using the Male Sexual Health Questionnaire (MSHQ).
  • PVD was assessed using the Urethral Stricture Surgery Patient-Reported Outcome Measure (USS-PROM).
  • Symptom frequencies were compared between penile and bulbar repairs, and anastomotic versus augmentation bulbar repairs using chi-square tests.

Main Results:

  • A total of 728 men were included in the study.
  • Postoperative EjD and PVD were highly prevalent, occurring in 67% and 66% of patients, respectively.
  • A significant association was found between EjD and PVD across the entire cohort (p<0.0001) and in specific subgroups (penile repairs, bulbar repairs, bulbar anastomotic repairs).
  • PVD rates were higher after bulbar augmentation repairs compared to bulbar anastomotic repairs (70% vs. 52%, p=0.0001).

Conclusions:

  • EjD and PVD are significantly associated after anterior urethroplasty, supporting a common underlying etiology.
  • The high incidence of these symptoms after penile and anastomotic repairs challenges certain proposed etiological mechanisms.
  • Further research is required to elucidate the exact causes and develop strategies for symptom prevention.