Hypogastric plexus stimulators for obtaining semen from paraplegic men.
Radio-linked devices to stimulate the hypogastric plexus have been implanted into 7 patients with spinal injuries and 1 with primary anorgasmia. They caused seminal emission in all patients and still do so in the spinal injury patients. Insemination with semen thus obtained has yielded 5 pregnancies (2 live births) in the wives of 4 patients. The range of application is discussed.
Brindley
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MRC Neurological Prostheses Unit, London.
Sauerwein
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Hendry
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D000328:Adult; D004542:Ejaculation; D004599:Electric Stimulation Therapy; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D007001:Hypogastric Plexus / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D009948:Orgasm; D010264:Paraplegia / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D011379:Prognosis; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D012677:Sensation; D013076:Sperm Count; D013081:Sperm Motility; D013119:Spinal Cord Injuries / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D013997:Time Factors