Transurethral ureteroscopy in the diagnosis and treatment of hemospermia / 中华男科学杂志

ABSTRACT

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To explore the clinical application value of transurethral ureteroscopy in the diagnosis and treatment of hemospermia.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>We summed up and analyzed the experience in the diagnosis and treatment of 43 hemospermia patients by transurethral ureteroscopy and douching therapy.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The disease causes were clearly determined and the therapeutic procedures successfully accomplished in all the cases. The mean surgical time was 20 (18 -45) minutes. No significant complications developed either intraoperatively or postoperatively. The patients were followed up for 1 -24 months, during which hemospermia symptoms completely disappeared in 35 and were relieved in 6 of the cases, but the other 2 remained unimproved. All the patients had normal sexual life and none experienced retroinfection postoperatively.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Transurethral ureteroscopy, advantageous for its safety, high rate of detection, good effect of treatment and fewer complications, deserves to be popularized in the clinical diagnosis and treatment of hemospermia.</p>