ReviewAsian journal of andrology2012
Male sexual dysfunction and infertility associated with neurological disorders.
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- Exploring the interconnectedness of multiple sclerosis and erectile dysfunction: mechanisms and management strategies.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2025Review
- [Fertility and fertility preservation in men].Dermatologie (Heidelberg, Germany) · 2023Review
- Microsurgical Management of Male Infertility: Compelling Evidence That Collaboration with Qualified Male Reproductive Urologists Enhances Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) Outcomes.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Review
- Effect of Multiple Sclerosis and Its Treatments on Male Fertility: Cues for Future Research.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Review
- Brain and testis: more alike than previously thought?Open biology · 2021Review
- And When I Die: Theory of Planned Behavior as Applied to Sperm Cryopreservation.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Bladder and bowel responses to lumbosacral epidural stimulation in uninjured and transected anesthetized rats.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- Evaluation of a re-engineered device for penile vibratory stimulation in men with spinal cord injury.Spinal cord · 2021Article
- Influence of Pregnancy in Multiple Sclerosis and Impact of Disease-Modifying Therapies.Frontiers in neurology · 2021Review
- Bacterial Infections Affect Male Fertility: A Focus on the Oxidative Stress-Autophagy Axis.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2021Review
- Two cases of psychogenic anejaculation patients got normal ejaculation ability after penile vibratory stimulation or electroejaculation.Translational andrology and urology · 2019Article
- Kinetics of T cell response in the testes and CNS during experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis: Simultaneous blood-brain and -testis barrier permeability?Iranian journal of basic medical sciences · 2019Article
- Application of Sex Aids in Men With Sexual Dysfunction: A Review.The journal of sexual medicine · 2019Review
- Practical Evidence-Based Recommendations for Patients with Multiple Sclerosis Who Want to Have Children.Neurology and therapy · 2018Review
- Sport, doping and male fertility.Reproductive biology and endocrinology : RB&E · 2018Review
- Sexual dysfunction and male infertility.Nature reviews. Urology · 2018Review
- Electroejaculation combined with assisted reproductive technology in psychogenic anejaculation patients refractory to penile vibratory stimulation.Translational andrology and urology · 2018Article
- Improvements in bladder, bowel and sexual outcomes following task-specific locomotor training in human spinal cord injury.PloS one · 2018Article
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6 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Normal sexual and reproductive functions depend largely on neurological mechanisms. Neurological defects in men can cause infertility through erectile dysfunction, ejaculatory dysfunction and semen abnormalities. Among the major conditions contributing to these symptoms are pelvic and retroperitoneal surgery, diabetes, congenital spinal abnormalities, multiple sclerosis and spinal cord injury. Erectile dysfunction can be managed by an increasingly invasive range of treatments including medications, injection therapy and the surgical insertion of a penile implant. Retrograde ejaculation is managed by medications to reverse the condition in mild cases and in bladder harvest of semen after ejaculation in more severe cases. Anejaculation might also be managed by medication in mild cases while assisted ejaculatory techniques including penile vibratory stimulation and electroejaculation are used in more severe cases. If these measures fail, surgical sperm retrieval can be attempted. Ejaculation with penile vibratory stimulation can be done by some spinal cord injured men and their partners at home, followed by in-home insemination if circumstances and sperm quality are adequate. The other options always require assisted reproductive techniques including intrauterine insemination or in vitro fertilization with or without intracytoplasmic sperm injection. The method of choice depends largely on the number of motile sperm in the ejaculate.
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