Erectile function of renal failure patients after hemodialysis or kidney transplantation : A comparative study

OBJECTIVE: To study the changes in the erectile function of the male patients with renal failure after hemodialysis (HD) or kidney transplantation (KT) and explore the causes of these changes.

METHODS: From January 2015 to January 2021, 160 male patients with renal failure complaining of ED underwent HD (n = 80) or KT (n = 80) in the General Hospital of Eastern Theater Command. The patients were aged 25-45 (31.7 ± 4.8) years, 32 ± 4.5 years in the HD group and 31.4 ± 5.1 years in the KT group. We recorded the levels of serum T, E2, FSH and LH and the scores on IIEF-5, Self-Rating Anxiety Scale (SAS) and Self-Rating Depression Scale (SDS) of the patients, and compared them between the two groups.

RESULTS: Compared with the patients in the HD group, those in the KT group showed a significantly higher T level ([7.45 ± 3.54] vs [17.75 ± 7.32] nmol/L, P < 0.01) and a lower E2 level ([151.37 ± 20.89] vs [94.17 ± 40.79] pmol/L, P < 0.01), but no statistically significant difference from the former group in the levels of FSH ([8.12 ± 5.12] vs [8.97 ± 2.36] IU/L, P > 0.05) and LH ([5.16 ± 3.87] vs [4.69 ± 2.18] IU/L, P > 0.05). There were fewer cases of severe ED in the KT than in the HD group (3.75% vs 16.25%, P < 0.05). Different degrees of anxiety and depression were observed in both groups, with fewer severe cases of anxiety (6.25% vs 30.00%, P < 0.05) and depression (6.25% vs 31.25%, P < 0.05) and more mild cases of anxiety (68.75% vs 47.50%, P < 0.05) and depression (70.00% vs 48.75%, P < 0.05) in the KT than in the HD group, but no statistically significant difference in the incidence of moderate anxiety (25.00% vs 22.50%, P > 0.05) and depression (23.75% vs 20.00%, P > 0.05) between the KT and HD groups.

CONCLUSION: For male patients with renal failure, kidney transplantation can evidently improve erectile function, while hemodialysis has a poorer effect. The altered hormone levels, anxiety and depression of the patients are important causes of the changes in their erectile function.

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:28

Enthalten in:

Zhonghua nan ke xue = National journal of andrology - 28(2022), 4 vom: 01. Apr., Seite 314-320

Sprache:

Chinesisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Wang, Zu-Heng [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Zhe [VerfasserIn]
Zhao, Xiao-Dong [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Yu-Hao [VerfasserIn]
Gu, Yu-Feng [VerfasserIn]
Cheng, Dong-Rui [VerfasserIn]
Dong, Jie [VerfasserIn]
DA, Jian-Ping [VerfasserIn]
Xu, Song [VerfasserIn]

Themen:

English Abstract
Erectile dysfunction; hemodialysis; kidney transplantation; renal failure
Journal Article

Anmerkungen:

Date Revised 20.10.2023

published: Print

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM359778097