Successful combination of transrectal electroejaculation and intracytoplasmic sperm injection in the treatment of anejaculation.
We describe the case of a couple whose infertility was caused by the absence of seminal emission following retroperitoneal surgery for testicular cancer. Ejaculate could be retrieved from the husband by rectal probe electroejaculation (RPE) but sperm quality was so poor that conventional in-vitro fertilization was impossible. With intracytoplasmic sperm injection of spermatozoa retrieved by RPE - a combination not reported previously - we were able to induce a pregnancy with successful outcome.
Denil
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J
Department of Urology, Hanover Medical School, D-30623 Hanover, Germany.
Kupker
W
W
Al-Hasani
S
S
Schill
T
T
Kuczyk
M A
MA
Jonas
U
U
Diedrich
K
K
D000328:Adult; D004542:Ejaculation; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D004624:Embryo Transfer; D005260:Female; D005307:Fertilization in Vitro / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007317:Insemination, Artificial, Homologous; D008197:Lymph Node Excision; D008297:Male; D008845:Microinjections; D010053:Ovary; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011247:Pregnancy; D012007:Rectum; D012187:Retroperitoneal Space / Q000601:surgery; D013736:Testicular Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery