[Investigation of sexual function in male kidney transplant recipients].
OBJECTIVE
To observe the change of sexual function in male kidney transplant recipients.


METHODS
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.


RESULTS
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.


CONCLUSIONS
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.
D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D051437:Renal Insufficiency / Q000601:surgery; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012725:Sexual Behavior