PMID- 12930682
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20040204
LR  - 20061115
IS  - 0376-2491 (Print)
IS  - 0376-2491 (Linking)
VI  - 83
IP  - 15
DP  - 2003 Aug 10
TI  - [A survey of the long-term incidence rate of benign prostate hyperplasia after 
      vasectomy].
PG  - 1303-5
AB  - OBJECTIVE: To study the relationship of the long-term incidence rate of benign 
      prostate hyperplasia (BPH) after vasectomy to age and time after operation. 
      METHOD: Questionnaire survey, physical examination, and ultrasonography were 
      conducted among 850 healthy males, aged 55 - 76 who underwent vasectomy more than 
      20 years before and 390 healthy males, aged 53 - 75, who had not undergone 
      vasectomy in Yichang, Hubei province, selected by randomized cluster sampling. 
      The data such as international prostate symptom scoring (IPSS), quality of life 
      (QOL) index, maximum urine flow rate (MFR), and average flow rate (AFR), digital 
      rectal examination (DRE), volume of prostate gland (V), and residual urine (R) 
      were analyzed. RESULTS: The general BPH incidence rate of the vasectomy group was 
      10.8%, significantly lower than that of the control group (40.8%, P < 0.01). The 
      age-specific BPH incidence rates in the vasetomy group were all significantly 
      lower than those of the control group, especially that of the subjects aged over 
      70 (10.8% vs. 56.5%, P < 0.001). The BPH incidence rate of those who had 
      undergone vasectomy 25 years or over before was 7.8%, significantly lower than 
      that of those who had undergone vasectomy 20 years before (13.2%, P < 0.05), but 
      not significantly difference from that of those who had undergone vasectomy 30 
      years or over before (5.5%, P > 0.05). The volumes of prostate gland in all age 
      subgroups were significantly smaller in the vasectomy group than in the control 
      group. CONCLUSION: Vasectomy reduces the incidence rate of BPH significantly.
FAU - Nie, Yong
AU  - Nie Y
AD  - Institute of Andrology, Three Gorges University Medical College, Yichang 443003, 
      China.
FAU - Guo, Xian-kun
AU  - Guo XK
FAU - Gao, Wu-yang
AU  - Gao WY
FAU - Zhang, Yan
AU  - Zhang Y
FAU - Li, Wen-li
AU  - Li WL
FAU - Cheng, Qi-xiu
AU  - Cheng QX
FAU - Bian, Jiang
AU  - Bian J
FAU - Wang, Yi
AU  - Wang Y
FAU - Zhou, Cheng-gui
AU  - Zhou CG
FAU - Cheng, Shi-ping
AU  - Cheng SP
LA  - chi
PT  - English Abstract
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PL  - China
TA  - Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi
JT  - Zhonghua yi xue za zhi
JID - 7511141
SB  - IM
MH  - Age Factors
MH  - Aged
MH  - Humans
MH  - Incidence
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Prostatic Hyperplasia/*epidemiology
MH  - Time Factors
MH  - *Vasectomy
EDAT- 2003/08/22 05:00
MHDA- 2004/02/05 05:00
CRDT- 2003/08/22 05:00
PHST- 2003/08/22 05:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2004/02/05 05:00 [medline]
PHST- 2003/08/22 05:00 [entrez]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi. 2003 Aug 10;83(15):1303-5.