[Comparative study of determined biochemical parameters in semen of vasectomized and non-vasectomized subjects].
OBJECTIVE
Biochemical parameters, fundamentally those of prostatic origin, were analyzed and compared to determine the semen composition of vasectomized and non-vasectomized subjects.


METHODS
100 ml of semen from each group (vasectomized and non-vasectomized) were obtained. After thawing, the pool was homogenized and 5 one-ml sample from each one were analyzed for the following biochemical parameters: gamma glutamyl transferase (GGT), lactic dehydrogenase (LDH), prostate acid phosphatase (PAP), prostate-specific antigen (PSA) and total protein (TP) in the seminal plasma. Determination of the foregoing biochemical parameters was performed automatically with autoanalyzers.


RESULTS
The mean values for the vasectomized and non-vasectomized groups were respectively: a) GGT: 8890 +/- 811 and 5714 +/- 403 IU/L; b) LDH: 7045 +/- 879 and 2465 +/- 339 IU/L; c) PAP: 2,099,000 +/- 330,764 and 1,860,000 +/- 302,138 ng/ml; d) PSA: 953,000 +/- 154,715 and 1,018,000 +/- 119,685 ng/ml; total protein: 39,860 +/- 1094 and 37,900 +/- 5606 micrograms/ml.


CONCLUSIONS
Analysis of the different biochemical parameters showed no statistically significant differences between the mean values for PAP, PSA and total protein for the vasectomized and non-vasectomized group, but statistically significant differences were found for GGT and LDH (p < 0.001).
Jiménez Verdejo
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Servicio de Urología, Hospital Clínico Universitario San Cecilio, Granada, España.
Carrillo de Albornoz
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Luna Maldonado
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Jiménez Verdejo
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Zuluaga Gómez
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D015415:Biomarkers / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase / Q000032:analysis; D008297:Male; D017430:Prostate-Specific Antigen / Q000032:analysis; D011506:Proteins / Q000032:analysis*; D012661:Semen / Q000737:chemistry*; D014659:Vasectomy
D015415:Biomarkers; D011506:Proteins; D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase; D017430:Prostate-Specific Antigen
Estudio comparativo de determinados parámetros bioquímicos en semen de sujetos vasectomizados y no vasectomizados.