DOES TRANSURETHRAL MICROWAVE THERMOTHERAPY (TUMT) AFFECT EMISSION OF SEMEN

In the patient's choice of treatment for symptomatic BPH today, more i mportance has become attached to disturbances in sexual function as a side-effect. This study concerns analyses of semen after TUMT. Materia l and methods: TUMT was performed with Prostatron, Prostasoft 2.0. Fou rteen men were able to provide semen specimens for this study. One sam ple was collected before and one three to seven months after TUMT. The analyses of semen included determinations of volume, sperm number, sp erm morphology and secretory contribution of seminal vesicular and pro static fluid. Results: One of the fourteen men could not provide a pos t-TUMT specimen, despite normal erection. One patient developed pain i n the perineum/prostate region post-TUMT when ejaculating and showed a zoospermia after the treatment. In analysing the whole group, no stati stically significant differences were found between pre- and post-TUMT specimens, regarding semen emission (semen volume, total sperm number , total fructose and zinc) or sperm morphology.