Author(s)

Georgios Kallinikas¹, James N. Tsoporis^2*, Diomidis Kozyrakis¹, Anastasios Zarkadas¹, Vasileios Konstantinopoulos¹, Dimitrios Bozios¹, Despoina Mitiliniou¹, Konstantinos Safioleas¹, Panagiotis Filios¹, Athanasios Filios¹, Evangelos Rodinos¹, Gerasimos Vlassopoulos¹, Ioannis Gerzelis¹

¹Department of Urology, Konstantopouleion-Patesion Hospital, Nea Ionia, Athens, Greece.
²Keenan Research Centre for Biomedical Science, Unity Health Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Introduction and Objectives: Since its advent in 2019, Corona Virus Disease 19 (Covid-19) has changed everyday life in many unprecedented ways. With the availability of Covid-19 vaccines, clinical practice has stepped gradually towards its everyday routine. The clinician, however, needs to address such concerns as “Can Covid-19 present with urinary tract symptoms predominantly?”, “Can the urinary tract develop long-term Covid-19 symptoms?”, “Can Covid-19 vaccines/drug therapy cause male infertility?” Methods: This mini-review of the current literature has been carried out by searching the Pubmed database. Results and Conclusions: Our literature review suggests that there is insufficient evidence to conclude a significant impact on the urinary tract from Covid-19 infection. There is supporting evidence that mRNA anti-SARS-CoV-2 vaccines are safe for male gonads. Research to further support these conclusions is required.

Covid-19, SARS-Co2, Urinary Tract, Male Subfertility

Kallinikas, G. , Tsoporis, J. , Kozyrakis, D. , Zarkadas, A. , Konstantinopoulos, V. , Bozios, D. , Mitiliniou, D. , Safioleas, K. , Filios, P. , Filios, A. , Rodinos, E. , Vlassopoulos, G. and Gerzelis, I. (2023) A Review of the Impact of Covid-19 on the Male Genito-Urinary Tract. Case Reports in Clinical Medicine, 12, 149-158. doi: 10.4236/crcm.2023.126021.