ReviewTopics in spinal cord injury rehabilitation2017
Reproductive Health of Men with Spinal Cord Injury.
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22 citing papers in PubMed, 39 citations in OpenAlex.
- Spinal Cord Injury-Related Male Infertility: Oxidative Stress, Inflammation, and Sperm DNA Damage.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Review
- Sexual Dysfunction and Infertility in Male Patients With Spinal Cord Injury: A Narrative Review.Cureus · 2026Review
- Cauda epididymal sperm aspiration as a novel approach for spinal cord injury associated male infertility.Spinal cord · 2026Observational
- Comparison of intracytoplasmic sperm injection outcomes in men with spinal cord injury using sperm retrieved by electroejaculation and testicular sperm extraction methods: A retrospective cohort study.International journal of reproductive biomedicine · 2026Article
- Spinal cord injury and male infertility: Effect of the inflammasome proteins on semen quality.The journal of spinal cord medicine · 2025Article
- Spinal muscular atrophy is also a disorder of spermatogenesis.Orphanet journal of rare diseases · 2024Article
- Sexuality, Intimacy, and Reproductive Health after Spinal Cord Injury.Journal of personalized medicine · 2022Review
- Pathophysiology, Classification and Comorbidities after Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury.Journal of personalized medicine · 2022Article
- Autonomic Dysreflexia following Spinal Cord Injury.Asian journal of neurosurgery · 2022Review
- Male Sexual Dysfunction and Infertility in Spinal Cord Injury Patients: State-of-the-Art and Future Perspectives.Journal of personalized medicine · 2022Review
- Penile Vibratory Stimulation for Semen Retrieval in Men with Spinal Cord Injury: Patient Perspectives.Research and reports in urology · 2022Review
- Clinical Predictors of Vibrator-Assisted Ejaculation following Spinal Cord Injury: A Prospective Observational Study.Journal of neurosciences in rural practice · 2021Article
- Evaluation and Management of Autonomic Dysreflexia and Other Autonomic Dysfunctions: Preventing the Highs and Lows.The journal of spinal cord medicine · 2021Article
- Clinical use and implications of sexual devices and sexually explicit media.Nature reviews. Urology · 2021Review
- Evaluation of a re-engineered device for penile vibratory stimulation in men with spinal cord injury.Spinal cord · 2021Article
- Spinal Cord Injury Causes Reduction ofFrontiers in neurology · 2021Article
- Successful conception using home intravaginal insemination following spinal cord injury in a man.Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien · 2020Article
- Chronic Spinal Cord Injury Reduces Gastrin-Releasing Peptide in the Spinal Ejaculation Generator in Male Rats.Journal of neurotrauma · 2019Article
- Restoration of fertility in a young patient with spinal cord injury: is there a place for noninvasive neurostimulation?Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2018Article
- Sexual Health in Men With Traumatic Spinal Cord Injuries: A Review and Recommendations for Primary Health-Care Providers.American journal of men's health · 2018Review
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Abstract
Most men with spinal cord injury (SCI) are infertile due to a combination of erectile dysfunction, ejaculatory dysfunction, and abnormal semen quality. This article addresses issues that should be considered when managing the reproductive health of men with SCI. The authors present recommendations based on their decades of experience in managing the reproductive health of more than 1,000 men with SCI. Men with SCI face obstacles when pursuing sexual activity and/or biologic fatherhood. Hypogonadism and premature symptoms of aging may interfere with sexual function. Erectile dysfunction is prevalent in the SCI population, and treatments for erectile dysfunction in the general population are also effective in the SCI population. Most men with SCI cannot ejaculate with sexual intercourse. The procedures of penile vibratory stimulation (PVS) and/or electroejaculation (EEJ) are effective in obtaining an ejaculate from 97% of men with SCI. The ejaculate often contains sufficient total motile sperm to consider the assisted conception procedures of intrauterine insemination or even intravaginal insemination at home. If PVS and/or EEJ fail, sperm may be retrieved surgically from the testis or epididymis. Surgical sperm retrieval typically yields enough motile sperm only for in vitro fertilization with intracytoplasmic sperm injection. The majority of new cases of SCI occur in young men at the peak of their reproductive health. With proper medical management, these men can expect to experience active sexual lives and biologic fatherhood, if these are their goals. Numerous tools are available to physicians for helping these patients reach their goals.
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