TY - JOUR
T1 - Abdominal electrical stimulation rescues failures to penile vibratory stimulation in men with spinal cord injury
T2 - A report of two cases
AU - Kafetsoulis, Apostolos
AU - Ibrahim, Emad
AU - Aballa, Teodoro C.
AU - Goetz, Lance L.
AU - Lynne, Charles M.
AU - Brackett, Nancy L.
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was supported by the Miami Project to Cure Paralysis and the State of Florida Specific Appropriations Grant 558AB to N. L. Brackett.
PY - 2006/7
Y1 - 2006/7
N2 - Most men with spinal cord injury are anejaculatory. To retrieve their semen for insemination, the procedure of penile vibratory stimulation is recommended over electroejaculation. Some men with spinal cord injury, however, cannot ejaculate with penile vibratory stimulation. We present 2 cases in which a simple, over-the-counter abdominal muscle stimulator rescued failures to penile vibratory stimulation. Use of this safe, easy, and inexpensive method may prevent some patients from undergoing more expensive, more invasive sperm retrieval methods such as electroejaculation or surgical sperm retrieval from the testis or epididymis.
AB - Most men with spinal cord injury are anejaculatory. To retrieve their semen for insemination, the procedure of penile vibratory stimulation is recommended over electroejaculation. Some men with spinal cord injury, however, cannot ejaculate with penile vibratory stimulation. We present 2 cases in which a simple, over-the-counter abdominal muscle stimulator rescued failures to penile vibratory stimulation. Use of this safe, easy, and inexpensive method may prevent some patients from undergoing more expensive, more invasive sperm retrieval methods such as electroejaculation or surgical sperm retrieval from the testis or epididymis.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.urology.2006.01.074
DO - 10.1016/j.urology.2006.01.074
M3 - Article
C2 - 16808965
AN - SCOPUS:33745815156
VL - 68
SP - 204.e9
JO - Urology
JF - Urology
SN - 0090-4295
IS - 1
ER -