SUCCESSFUL COMBINATION OF TRANSRECTAL ELECTROEJACULATION AND INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION IN THE TREATMENT OF ANEJACULATION

Authors
DENIL J KUPKER W ALHASANI S SCHILL T KUCZYK MA JONAS U DIEDRICH K
Citation
J. Denil et al., SUCCESSFUL COMBINATION OF TRANSRECTAL ELECTROEJACULATION AND INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION IN THE TREATMENT OF ANEJACULATION, Human reproduction, 11(6), 1996, pp. 1247-1249
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Reproductive Biology
Journal title
Human reproduction → ACNP
ISSN journal
02681161
Volume
11
Issue
6
Year of publication
1996
Pages
1247 - 1249
Database
ISI
SICI code
0268-1161(1996)11:6<1247:SCOTEA>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
We describe the case of a couple whose infertility was caused by the a bsence of seminal emission following retroperitoneal surgery for testi cular cancer. Ejaculate could be retrieved from the husband by rectal probe electroejaculation (RPE) but sperm quality was so poor that conv entional in-vitro fertilization was impossible. With intracytoplasmic sperm injection of spermatozoa retrieved by RPE - a combination not re ported previously - we were able to induce a pregnancy with successful outcome.