Idiopathic Anejaculation Treated by Electroejaculation

Abstract

Idiopathic anejaculation is a relatively rare cause of sexual dysfunction that usually presents as an infertility problem. When such patients have nocturnal emissions the problem is usually considered psychogenic and referral is made to a psychiatrist. Various treatments for this condition have been described including psychotherapy, sexual, marital and behavioral therapy, vibratory stimulation of the penis and pharmacotherapy. A patient with idiopathic anejaculation referred by an infertility clinic is described in which all of the above treatments failed over a five-year period. A newly described procedure in humans, electroejaculation, was employed to obtain semen which was used to artificially inseminate the wife resulting in the first reported successful pregnancy by electroejaculation done for idiopathic anejaculation.