Surgical atlas: anastomotic urethroplasty
Surgical atlas: anastomotic urethroplasty
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手术图谱:尿道吻合术
DOI:
10.1111/j.1464-410x.2006.06228_2.x
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发表时间:
2006
影响因子:
4.5
通讯作者:
Krishan Ramsoobhag
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作者:
D. Sharma;L. Goetz;M. Rampaul;G. Bajrangee;Philip Ayoung;Krishan Ramsoobhag
I congratulate Domachevsky et al.[1] for this first study to determine that sexual intercourse (actually ejaculation itself) is one of the benign causes of proteinuria on dipstick urine analysis (DUA) among the other causes, eg heavy physical activity, dehydration, postural change (upright position), fever and emotional stress [2]. They assessed a small group (22 men and 11 women) of sexually active, possibly young (no data given for the ages of the group) navy personnel. No women but six of the 22 men had proteinuria after intercourse, and thus this indicated that the proteinuria was a result of residual semen, composed of various proteins, in the urethra after ejaculation, or of retrograde ejaculation to the bladder. From this theory it is possible that after the semen is washed out by the initial part of the urine stream, a mid or terminal urine sample (not used in the study) might be a simple solution for DUA to avoid further unnecessary investigations for proteinuria in men after intercourse, although this makes the DUA as a home procedure rather more difficult. This is the same principle as used in culture technique to discriminate the source of microorganisms, whether from the urethra or the bladder, by using the 10-mL initial portion of the urine stream as ‘voided bladder’(VB1) and the midstream urine (VB2)[3]. In addition, I did not think that even the 12-h duration of proteinuria after intercourse could be determined from these six positive subjects with proteinuria, of whom only two were assessed with a consecutive series of urine samples, and where the proteinuria had disappeared after 1.5 h and 8 h.This study is also reminiscent of the effect of ejaculation on serum PSA levels; while ejaculation can also increase serum PSA levels in elderly men [4], it is not a factor in serum PSA levels in younger men [5]. Moreover, clinical or subclinical retrograde ejaculation might also be affected by age, due to insufficient closure of the neck of the ageing bladder. Overall, although different physiopathological mechanisms might be possible, proteinuria after ejaculation should also be checked in different age groups.