Abstract
To evaluate improvement in sexual functions after renal transplantation, we conducted a questionarre survey regarding this issue. Fifty-seven patients who had undergone renal transplantation in our hospital were evaluated. Hormonal profiles (LH, FSH, PRL, T, free T) of 42 patients were also analyzed after informed consent was obtained.
Frequency of coitus was lower among hemodialysis patients compared with that among normal control and there was no significant improvement observed after renal transplantation, although hormonal profiles of renal transplants became very similar to those of normal control. (LH: 6.2±3.8mIU/ml, FSH: 9.9±6.6mIU/ml, PRL: 5.9±2.9ng/ml, T: 390±110ng/dl, free T: 16.5±5.3pg/ml). Serum creatinine, immunosuppressants, duration of hemodialysis and hormonal profile were evaluated between two patients groups with or without improvement of sexual function after renal transplantation, but there was no significant difference observed. Of 9 impotent cases, 6 patients who had undergone transplantation before 40 years of age, became potent after renal transplantation.
Factors other than hormones might be important for sexual functions of patients receiving hemodialysis and the importance of transplantation at a younger age is suggested.
