Ejaculatory duct obstruction: the case for aggressive diagnosis and treatment.
Ejaculatory duct obstruction is considered a rare cause of infertility. Based on the results of treatment in our 5 patients and a review of 14 additional well documented cases we were able to classify these patients prognostically. Whereas congenital and acquired noninfectious obstructions are amenable to a transurethral operation in as many as 57 to 67 per cent of the cases, all obstructions secondary to genital infections failed treatment.
D000328:Adult; D004543:Ejaculatory Ducts / Q000601:surgery; D005832:Genital Diseases, Male / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007248:Infertility, Male / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D009845:Oligospermia / Q000209:etiology; D011859:Radiography