Journal Article

Clinical Correlation of Prostatic Calculi With Semen Parameters inAdult Men With Fertility Intention

Tian Linlin, Bai Gang, Liu Jiaolong, Wang, Xianlong, Lu Jiaju, Tang, Rong, Ma, Gang, Chen, Tong, Pang Qingyang

2019

Overview

To investigate the correlation of prostatic calculi (PC) with semen parameters inmen with fertility intention, this retrospective case–control study enrolled1,303 participants ranging from 20 to 59 years old; 725 were diagnosed with PCusing abdominal ultrasonography. Patients with PC were classified into the typeA calculi group (discrete and small echoes) and type B calculi group (coarse andlarge masses of multiple echoes). Five hundred and seventy-eight men without PCwere recruited for the control group. The clinical data of each group werecollected and analyzed. The total motility was significantly lower for subjectswith 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 motilewas significantly lower for the type B calculi (31.66% ± 14.68%) group than thetype A calculi (40.17% ± 17.09%; p < .001) and control(41.83% ± 17.05%; p < .001) groups. The results of thehypo-osmotic swelling test yielded significantly lower percentages in the type Bcalculi 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 higherpercentage of round cell concentration than control (4.5% vs. 1.0%;p = .007) did. Small and discrete PC may not influencesemen quality among adult men with fertility intention, but larger and coarserPC are associated with decreased sperm motility.

• Publisher: SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
• Subject: Motility