Patterns of Voiding Dysfunction of Stroke Patients during Rehabilitation

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study is to evaluate the patterns of voiding dysfunction of stroke patients during rehabilitation. METHOD: We evaluated 53 patients with complaints of voiding dysfunction following the strokes. After the comprehensive history and physical examination, all patients underwent cystometric study and males underwent the transrectal ultrasound. RESULTS: The incidences of detrusor hyperreflexia, detrusor areflexia, and normal finding on the cystometry were 50.9%, 32.1%, and 17.0%, respectively (p<0.05). There was a significantly high incidence of detrusor hyperreflexia in the groups of subcortical lesion, large lesion, and the over 3 months after stroke (p<0.05). However, there was no statistical difference on cystometric findings according to the other characteristics of the stroke such as the age, sex, type of stroke, cognition, aphasia, and diabetes mellitus. The incidences of irritative, obstructive, and mixed symptoms according to the presenting voiding complaints were 49.1%, 32.1%, and 18.9%, respectively (p<0.05). There was no significant statistical difference on the cystometric findings according to the 3 voiding symptom groups as well as none of significant statistical difference on prostate enlargement in males in according to the 3 voiding symptom groups. CONCLUSION: Only with the pattern of voiding, we could not predict the cystometric finding or the presence of bladder outlet obstruction. Thus, we recommend the further studies including cystometry and evaluation of the bladder outlet obstruction for the treatment of voiding dysfunction of stroke patients during rehabilitation.

The Effect of Kallikrein on Sperm Motility in Asthenozoospermia / 대한비뇨기과학회지

Kallikrein preparation have already been accepted as therapeutic for male infertility. Especially oral Kallikrein therapy exerted a favorable effect on sperm motility in oligozoospermia and asthenozoospermia. We have carried out a Similar clinical examination of the effect of kallikrein taken orally 60 KU per day for 3-9 months, on the qualitative increase of motile spermatozoa in normogonadotropic infertile males with l0 idiopathic oligozoospermia (less than 20 x 10(6)/ml), 10 idiopathic asthenozoospermia (less then 20% of sperm motility) and 8 idiopathic asthenozoospermia entered the study as control placebo treatment group. Number of spermatozoa increased more than 30% of basic levels (over 30 x 10(6)/ml) in the 2 patient(20 %) and pregnancy occurred in the l patient (10%) out of the 10 patients with idiopathic oligozoospermia after the kallikrein therapy. In these 2 patients responded, the sperm concentration changed from 15.4 x 10(6)ml to 43.0 x 10(6)/ml. Sperm motility improved more than 20% in the 3 patients (30%) and pregnancy occurred in the 2 patients (20%) out of the 10 idiopathic asthenozoospermia after the therapy. In these 3 patients improved, the sperm motility changed from l3.2% to 43.5%. Sperm motility was increased only 1 patient (12.5%) out of the 8 placebo treatment control group and no pregnancy occurred to a side effect of kallikrein.

A Case of Malignant Lymphoma / 대한비뇨기과학회지

Malignant lymphoma of the testis is a rare disease and the most common testicular tumor in patients more than 60 years old. Malignant lymphoma of the testis is frequently confused with seminoma. In fact, only 30%, of patients in one series had disease-free intervals greater than 6 months postorchiectomy, and 90% of these parients died of generalized lymphoma within 2 years. We report a case of malignant lymphoma of the testis developed in a 55 years old man.

A Case of Penile Injury (Accidental Rupture of Corpus Cavernosum) / 대한비뇨기과학회지

One patient is described with severe injury to the penis sustained during sexual intercourse and reviewed the literature. The patient was 28 years old with chief complaints of painful swelling, hematoma, discoloration, detumescence of penis. This patient was performed physical examination, urinalysis, retrograde urethrogram, corpora carvernosogram in order to know location of ruptured corpus cavernosum and urethral injury. Under the diagnosis of rupture of corpus cavernosum, the authors were performed immediate exploration with suture closure of the defect. The postoperative was not occurred.