Clinical Correlation of Prostatic Calculi With Semen Parameters in Adult Men With Fertility Intention
To investigate the correlation of prostatic calculi (PC) with semen parameters in men with fertility intention, this retrospective case–control study enrolled 1,303 participants ranging from 20 to 59 years old; 725 were diagnosed with PC using abdominal ultrasonography. Patients with PC were classif...
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Published in | American journal of men's health Vol. 13; no. 3; p. 1557988319852018 |
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Main Authors | , , , , , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
Published |
Los Angeles, CA
SAGE Publications
01.05.2019
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Summary: | To investigate the correlation of prostatic calculi (PC) with semen parameters in
men with fertility intention, this retrospective case–control study enrolled
1,303 participants ranging from 20 to 59 years old; 725 were diagnosed with PC
using abdominal ultrasonography. Patients with PC were classified into the type
A calculi group (discrete and small echoes) and type B calculi group (coarse and
large masses of multiple echoes). Five hundred and seventy-eight men without PC
were recruited for the control group. The clinical data of each group were
collected and analyzed. The total motility was significantly lower for subjects
with type B calculi (41.84% ± 17.50%) than for subjects in the type A calculi
(51.78% ± 20.84%; p < .001) and control (54.47% ± 20.74%;
p < .001) groups. The percentage of progressively motile
was significantly lower for the type B calculi (31.66% ± 14.68%) group than the
type A calculi (40.17% ± 17.09%; p < .001) and control
(41.83% ± 17.05%; p < .001) groups. The results of the
hypo-osmotic swelling test yielded significantly lower percentages in the type B
calculi group (59.88% ± 17.13%) than the type A calculi (65.28 ± 14.43%;
p = .005) and control (66.92 ± 16.12%; p
< .001) groups. The type B calculi group had a significantly higher
percentage of round cell concentration than control (4.5% vs. 1.0%;
p = .007) did. Small and discrete PC may not influence
semen quality among adult men with fertility intention, but larger and coarser
PC are associated with decreased sperm motility. |
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Bibliography: | ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23 Tong Chen and Linlin Tian contributed equally to this study. |
ISSN: | 1557-9883 1557-9891 |
DOI: | 10.1177/1557988319852018 |