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Treatment of Ejaculatory Duct Obstruction by Seminal Vesiculoscopy Assisted Flow Modification
Published on: December 8, 2023
Transurethral resection of the ejaculatory duct in a fertile man
José Iran Medeiros Lacerda1, Endric Hasegawa1, Renato Fraietta1
1Department of Surgery, Division of Urology, Sao Paulo Federal University, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Objective:
To report a case of transurethral resection of the ejaculatory duct in a fertile man with normozoospermia.
Design:
Case report.
Setting:
Large federal hospital in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Patient(S):
A 29-year-old man with normal semen analysis values who had recently fathered a healthy child, seen with complaint of scrotal pain and reduced ejaculate volume.
Intervention(S):
Transurethral resection of the ejaculatory duct.
Main Outcome Measure(S):
Relief of the symptoms.
Result(S):
Successful relief of the scrotal pain and increase in ejaculate volume after correction of the partial ejaculatory duct obstruction.
Conclusion(S):
Fertile men with scrotal pain and reduced ejaculate volume may be seen with partial ejaculatory duct obstruction, and surgical transurethral resection of the ejaculatory duct may provide resolution of symptoms.
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