Clinical and Experimental Reproductive Medicine

The Korean Society for Reproductive Medicine (대한생식의학회)
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A Case of Successful Pregnancy with Electroejaculation and In Vitro Fertilization

전기사정과 시험관아기시술에 의한 성공적인 임신 1례

  • Nam, Y.S. (Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Medicine, Pocheon CHA University) ;
  • Kim, H.J. (Department of Urology, College of Medicine, Pocheon CHA University) ;
  • Jun, Y.J. (Department of Andrology, College of Medicine, Pocheon CHA University) ;
  • Kim, H.K. (Department of Andrology, College of Medicine, Pocheon CHA University) ;
  • Oum, K.B. (Department of Andrology, College of Medicine, Pocheon CHA University) ;
  • Yoon, T.K. (Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Medicine, Pocheon CHA University) ;
  • Cha, K.Y. (Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Medicine, Pocheon CHA University)
  • 남윤성 (포천중문의과대학 산부인과학교실) ;
  • 김현주 (포천중문의과대학 비뇨기과학교실) ;
  • 전윤정 (포천중문의과대학 남성불임연구실) ;
  • 김현규 (포천중문의과대학 남성불임연구실) ;
  • 엄기붕 (포천중문의과대학 남성불임연구실) ;
  • 윤태기 (포천중문의과대학 산부인과학교실) ;
  • 차광열 (포천중문의과대학 산부인과학교실)
  • Published : 1999.03.30
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Abstract

Although anejaculation is a relatively uncommon occurrence in the general population, over 12,000 new cases are reported annually. Anejaculation may result from spinal cord injury, retroperitoneal lymph node dissection, diabetes mellitus, transverse myelitis, multiple sclerosis, or psychogenic disorders. At least 30% of men with this problem are or will be married and many will seek help to remedy their infertile state. The evolution of technique and instrumentation over the last 30 years has made electroejaculation an accessible and acceptable form of therapy. Recent successes in inducing ejaculation by means of rectal probe electrostimulation or vibratory stimulation combined with assisted reproductive techniques, such as zygote intrafallopian transfer (ZIFT), gamete intrafallopian transfer (GIFT), and in vitro fertilization (IVF), have provided these men means of producing their own biologic offspring. We have experienced a successful pregnancy with electroejaculation and in vitro fertilization in a infertile patient whose husband had an ejaculatory disturbance due to a spinal cord injury. So we report this case with a brief review of literatures.

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