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Published on: December 8, 2023
Use of electroejaculation in the treatment of ejaculatory failure secondary to diabetes mellitus
N E Gerig1, R B Meacham, D A Ohl
1Department of Surgery, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver 80262, USA.
Objectives:
To describe the experience of two male fertility programs using electroejaculation (EEJ) in the management of men with ejaculatory failure secondary to diabetes mellitus.
Methods:
Twenty-nine EEJ procedures were performed in 7 diabetic men with ejaculatory failure. Results were reviewed with attention paid to sperm characteristics in both antegrade and retrograde specimens as well as pregnancy rates.
Results:
Retrograde semen specimens retrieved from the bladder following EEJ contained a mean of 3444.5 million sperm (range 269.2 to 4996 million). Antegrade specimens contained a mean of 698.8 million sperm (range 226.8 to 1961 million). Mean sperm motility was 4% for retrograde specimens (range 0% to 11%) and 7% for antegrade specimens (1% to 15%). In all but 1 case, semen specimens were used for intrauterine insemination. The total number of motile sperm contained in the processed, inseminated specimens ranged from 1 to 87.2 million. In 1 case, the sperm obtained through EEJ was used in an in vitro fertilization procedure.
Conclusions:
EEJ can be successfully used to obtain sperm from men with ejaculatory failure due to diabetes mellitus. The procedure requires general anesthesia, and pregnancy rates after intrauterine insemination with the processed sperm are low. Advanced reproductive technologies may offer a feasible alternative, providing higher success rates with fewer procedures.
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