OBJECTIVE - To determine the prevalence of erectile dysfunction (ED) following burn injury.
METHODS - A cross-sectional study was conducted in 2013 recruiting 125 male patients with thermal and electrical burn injury.
Using the simplified and validated Persian translation of the abridged, 5-item version of the international index of erectile function (IIEF-5) questionnaire, the patients were evaluated for the presence and severity of the ED following burn injury.
RESULTS - ED was detected in 66 patients (53%). There was a significant association between the total body surface area (TBSA) and severity of ED, in which by increasing in the TBSA the severity of ED increased. There was a significant negative correlation between IIEF-5 score and age (r= -0.247, p= 0.005) and TBSA (r= -0.481, p<0.001). The logistic regression analysis revealed TBSA was significantly associated with ED (p<0.001).
CONCLUSIONS - Our study estimated the prevalence of ED among burn survivors to be higher than the general population. We found TBSA is a significant risk factor of ED.
Urology. 2016 Mar 15 [Epub ahead of print]
Seyed Hamid Salehi, Kamran As'adi, Mohammad Naderan, Saeed Shoar, Mohsen Saberi
Department of Surgery, Motahari Burn Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran., Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Motahari Burn Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran., Department of Surgery, Shariati Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran., Department of Surgery, Shariati Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran., Education Development Center, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.