The neodymium:YAG laser recanalization in a patient with azoospermia due to ejaculatory duct agenesis.

Gaboardi, F; Dotti, E; Zago, T; Bozzola, A; Galli, L · J Urol · 1991

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

A 32-year-old man with azoospermia is presented. Transperineal echographically guided vesiculography of the vas deferens showed absence of the ejaculatory duct and presence of a cystic müllerian duct in which both enlarged seminal vesicles joined. Transurethrally, by means of a contact tip over the verumontanum a new channel was created by neodymium:YAG laser irradiation at 25 watts every 2 seconds. The patient had 32.10(6) spermatozoa per ml. with good quality on semen analysis 10 months later.

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