Spinal cord injuries: male infertility aspects.

In a study of 16 married paraplegic patients, it was found that without electrostimulations, erections occurred in eight patients and ejaculation in three of them. Rectal electroejaculation performed in all the patients for the purpose of collecting sperm showed poor results. Sperm analysis revealed severe distubrances in spermatogenesis and spermiogenesis, the etiology of which was not clear since hormonal and sperm metabolic substrates were found to be in the normal range.