title: Ejaculatory failure.
abstract: Although anejaculation is a relatively uncommon occurrence in the general population, over 12,000 new cases are reported annually. Anejaculation may result from spinal cord injury (SCI), retroperitoneal lymph node dissection (RPLND), diabetes mellitis, transverse myelitis, multiple sclerosis, or psychogenic disorders. At least 30% of men with this problem are or will be married and many will seek help to remedy their infertile state. The evolution of technique and instrumentation over the least 30 years has made electroejaculation an accessible and acceptable form of therapy. Recent successes in inducing ejaculation by means of rectal probe electrostimulation or vibratory stimulation combined with assisted reproductive techniques, such as zygote intrafallopian transfer (ZIFT), gamete intrafallopian transfer (GIFT), and in vitro fertilization (IVF), have provided these men a means of producing their own biologic offspring.
authors.affiliation: Division of Urology, Emory Clinic, Atlanta, Georgia.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Witt
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Grantmyre
mesh_terms: D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D048909:Diabetes Complications; D004542:Ejaculation / Q000502:physiology; D004599:Electric Stimulation Therapy / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007248:Infertility, Male / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D009103:Multiple Sclerosis / Q000150:complications; D009188:Myelitis, Transverse / Q000150:complications; D009388:Neostigmine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013119:Spinal Cord Injuries / Q000150:complications; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014732:Vibration / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D009388:Neostigmine