Successful treatment of idiopathic anejaculation with electroejaculation after microsurgical vas aspiration.
This case report describes a couple suffering from infertility secondary to psychogenic anejaculation, which was refractory to all conservative treatment modalities. A first trial of microsurgical vas aspiration in combination with in-vitro fertilization (IVF) resulted in a pregnancy. After 2 years, three more trials of microsurgical vas aspiration in combination with either IVF or subzonal insemination (SUZI) resulted in embryo transfer without pregnancy. Finally, after 3 years, spermatozoa obtained by rectal probe stimulation under general anaesthesia were cryopreserved. A second intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) procedure using these cryopreserved spermatozoa also resulted in a second pregnancy. Although sperm concentration was in the normal range, in all samples obtained by either rectal probe electrostimulation or microsurgical vas aspiration, motility was <30% in all but two samples.
Vanderschueren
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Leuven University Fertility Center, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Belgium.
Spiessens
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Kiekens
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Vanderzwalmen
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Nijs
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Schoysman
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D'Hooghe
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D000328:Adult; D004542:Ejaculation; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D005260:Female; D005307:Fertilization in Vitro / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007248:Infertility, Male / Q000601:surgery* / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D008866:Microsurgery; D011247:Pregnancy; D013396:Suction; D014649:Vas Deferens / Q000601:surgery*