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Erection Problems: Men
Transplant may be about
the same or better than
peritoneal dialysis.
In some cases, studies show just as
many men on peritoneal dialysis as
men with a transplant have erection
problems. In other cases, a few more
men on peritoneal dialysis have
erection problems.
Here’s what one study showed:
Transplant may be about
the same or better than
in-center hemodialysis.
In some cases, studies show just as
many men on hemodialysis as men with
a transplant have erection problems.
In other cases, a lot more men on
hemodialysis have erection problems.
Here’s what one study showed:
Peritoneal dialysis and
in-center hemodialysis may
be about the same.
Studies show just as many men on each
treatment have erection problems.
Here’s what one study showed:
Transplant In-center
Hemodialysis
Peritoneal
Dialysis
In-center
Hemodialysis
Transplant Peritoneal
Dialysis
29 out of 100 men with a
transplant had erection
problems.
22 out of 100 men with a
transplant had erection
problems.
48 out of 100 men on peritoneal
dialysis had erection problems.
29 out of 100 men on in-center
hemodialysis had erection
problems.
22 out of 100 men on peritoneal
dialysis had erection problems.
48 out of 100 men on in-center
hemodialysis had erection
problems.
= 1 man with erection problems
= 1 man without erection problems
= 1 man with erection problems
= 1 man without erection problems
= 1 man with erection problems
= 1 man without erection problems
= 1 man with erection problems
= 1 man without erection problems
= 1 man with erection problems
= 1 man without erection problems
= 1 man with erection problems
= 1 man without erection problems
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