Ejaculation obtained by intracavernous papaverine in a cervical spinal cord injury patient resulting in pregnancy and childbirth. Case report.
A 28 year old male sustained a cervical spinal cord injury (C5, complete) from a traffic accident and was impotent. He started intracavernous injection therapy, by his partner, of papaverine hydrochloride for impotence, restoring ejaculation. His partner had a successful pregnancy after normal sexual intercourse, and delivered a mature female child weighing 3330 g. To our knowledge this is a rare case of a patient with a complete spinal cord injury fathering a child by the above technique.
Otani
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Department of Urology, Chubu-Rosai Hospital, Nagoya, Japan.
Kai
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Narushima
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D000328:Adult; D004542:Ejaculation / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007267:Injections; D008297:Male; D010208:Papaverine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010413:Penis; D011247:Pregnancy; D013119:Spinal Cord Injuries / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000534:rehabilitation
D010208:Papaverine