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June 6, 2026The Journal of Sexual Medicine

(882) Changes in Erectile Function and Concordance Between Subjective and Objective Assessments in Male Uremic Patients After Kidney Transplantation

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QCQ ChenYLY LuHLH Lin

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Randomized trial examines erectile function recovery in male uremic patients after kidney transplantation, suggesting the need for combined assessments.

Key Points

  • To investigate changes in erectile function before and after kidney transplantation in male uremic patients.
  • Included 64 male renal transplant recipients attending follow-up visits.
  • Collected data on age, BMI, and self-reported erectile dysfunction status at three stages: before uremia, during uremia, and after transplantation.
  • Postoperative erectile function assessed using the IIEF-15 and analyzed using McNemar’s test and Cohen’s Kappa for concordance.
  • Before uremia, 82.8% reported no erectile dysfunction; during uremia, only 37.5% reported no ED (P=0.00195).
  • Post-transplant, 81.2% reported no ED, which was a significant improvement from uremia (P=0.00596), but no difference from pre-uremia (P=1.00).
  • Low agreement between self-reported ED and IIEF-15 assessments (Cohen's Kappa = 0.144).

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Chen et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a23ba1771a5da9775e75cfahttps://doi.org/10.1093/jsxmed/qdag118.767
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