Ejaculatory dysfunction is an uncommon cause of male infertility.
The aim of this study was to explore non-invasive methods for sperm retrieval in anejaculatory diabetic men who failed in drug treatment and penile vibratory stimulation during blood sugar under control. Among 21 anejaculatory diabetic men who had failed in drug treatment and penile vibratory stimulation, sperm was collected by retrograde ejaculation in 10 patients (group A), and in eight patients, sperm was collected by prostatic massage (group B). We compared the outcome of subsequent assisted reproductive treatment between the two groups; the rate of fertility in group A and in group B was 78.3% and 66.6% respectively, and the rate of good embryo was 56.6% and 48.8% respectively. Eight singleton pregnancies were achieved in the 18 anejaculatory diabetic men, 5 in group A and 3 in group B, the rate of pregnancy between the two groups was 50% and 37.5% respectively. There was no significant difference in the rate of fertility, good embryo rate and pregnancy outcome between the two groups.
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Lu S, Cui Y, Li X, Zhang H, Hu J, Liu J, Chen ZJ. Are you the author?
Center for Reproductive Medicine, Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, China.
Reference: Andrologia. 2013 Mar 13. Epub ahead of print.
doi: 10.1111/and.12087
PubMed Abstract
PMID: 23488950
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