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.

[1]  M. Derde,et al.  Comparative follow-up study of 130 children born after intracytoplasmic sperm injection and 130 children born after in-vitro fertilization. , 1995, Human reproduction.

[2]  L. Garoff,et al.  Transrectal electroejaculation in combination with in-vitro fertilization: an effective treatment of anejaculatory infertility after testicular cancer. , 1995, Human reproduction.

[3]  Z. Nagy,et al.  High fertilization and implantation rates after intracytoplasmic sperm injection. , 1994, Human reproduction.

[4]  Zsolt Peter Nagy,et al.  High fertilization and implantation rates after intracytoplasmic sperm injection , 1993 .

[5]  J. Thornhill,et al.  Retroperitoneal lymphadenectomy for clinical stage A testis cancer (1965 to 1989): modifications of technique and impact on ejaculation. , 1993, The Journal of urology.

[6]  P. Devroey,et al.  Pregnancies after intracytoplasmic injection of single spermatozoon into an oocyte , 1992, The Lancet.

[7]  U. Jonas,et al.  Die Elektroejakulation in der Behandlung von neurogenen Ejakulationsstörungen , 1992 .

[8]  D. Ohl,et al.  Functional characteristics of sperm obtained by electroejaculation. , 1992, The Journal of urology.

[9]  C. Bennett,et al.  Electroejaculation following retroperitoneal lymphadenectomy. , 1991, The Journal of urology.

[10]  R. Jeyendran,et al.  Biochemical analysis of electroejaculates in spinal cord injured men: comparison to normal ejaculates. , 1991, The Journal of urology.

[11]  Z. Rosenwaks,et al.  A preclinical evaluation of pronuclear formation by microinjection of human spermatozoa into human oocytes. , 1988, Fertility and sterility.

[12]  Chang Wy,et al.  Fertility issues in the therapy of nonseminomatous testicular tumors. , 1987 .

[13]  P. Lange,et al.  Fertility issues in the therapy of nonseminomatous testicular tumors. , 1987, The Urologic clinics of North America.

[14]  J. Pryor.  Erectile and Ejaculatory Problems in Infertility , 1983 .

[15]  J Scott-Wilson,et al.  Book Review: Laboratory Manual for the Examination of Human Semen and Semen-Cervical Mucus Interaction , 1982, Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine.

[16]  G. Higgins,et al.  Sexual response in spinal cord injured adults: A review of the literature , 1979, Archives of sexual behavior.

[17]  R Yanagimachi,et al.  Microsurgical injection of spermatozoa into hamster eggs with subsequent transformation of sperm nuclei into male pronuclei. , 1976, Biology of reproduction.