Investigation of sexual function in male kidney transplant recipients / 中华男科学杂志

ABSTRACT

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To observe the change of sexual function in male kidney transplant recipients.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Sixty married males, aged 26 to 45 years, who had received kidney transplantations at least half a year before and whose serum creatinine (Scr) was under 200 mumol/L, were selected randomly in the study. Sexual functions were reviewed before and after the patients' renal failure and after kidney transplantations. The results were analyzed in Chi-Square test methods.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>Their sexual functions, significantly aggravated after renal failure, were improved after kidney transplantations, but failed to return to normal. The recipients had a common worry that their sex lives might affect the renal grafts.</p><p><b>CONCLUSIONS</b>Kidney transplantations significantly improve the sexual functions of these renal failure patients. It is quite necessary to provide sexological guidance to kidney transplant recipients and their spouses.</p>