Electroejaculation before chemotherapy in adolescents and young men with cancer.
OBJECTIVE
To evaluate the outcome of repeated electroejaculation for obtaining semen from adolescents and young men before initiation of anticancer therapies.


METHODS
Retrospective clinical study.


METHODS
Bikur Cholim Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel.


METHODS
Six young male patients (average age, 18+/-3 years) with diagnosed cancer who underwent 12 procedures of electroejaculation before chemotherapy.


METHODS
Transrectal electroejaculation. Semen was cryopreserved in small aliquots.


METHODS
Semen analysis.


RESULTS
In all patients, semen was obtained by electroejaculation. Sperm count and motility were relatively low; mean values were 16 x 10(6) (range, 0--45 x 10(6)) and 14% (range, 0--53%) respectively.


CONCLUSIONS
If necessary, electroejaculation can be performed in adolescents, and sperm may be obtained by repeated treatments over a short period.
Hovav
Y
Y
IVF and Fertility Laboratory, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Bikur Cholim Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel.
Dan-Goor
M
M
Yaffe
H
H
Almagor
M
M
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy; D015925:Cryopreservation; D004542:Ejaculation; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D018237:Germinoma / Q000188:drug therapy; D006689:Hodgkin Disease / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy*; D012516:Osteosarcoma / Q000188:drug therapy; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012512:Sarcoma, Ewing / Q000188:drug therapy; D012662:Semen Preservation; D013736:Testicular Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy