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Electroejaculation before chemotherapy in adolescents and young men with cancer
1IVF and Fertility Laboratory, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Bikur Cholim Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel.
Objective:
To evaluate the outcome of repeated electroejaculation for obtaining semen from adolescents and young men before initiation of anticancer therapies.
Design:
Retrospective clinical study.
Setting:
Bikur Cholim Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel.
Patient(S):
Six young male patients (average age, 18+/-3 years) with diagnosed cancer who underwent 12 procedures of electroejaculation before chemotherapy.
Intervention(S):
Transrectal electroejaculation. Semen was cryopreserved in small aliquots.
Main Outcome Measure(S):
Semen analysis.
Result(S):
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.
Conclusion(S):
If necessary, electroejaculation can be performed in adolescents, and sperm may be obtained by repeated treatments over a short period.
