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Erectile and Ejaculatory Problems in Infertility

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Male Infertility

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Erectile or ejaculatory dysfunction are uncommon but important causes of infertility as they may be treated successfully. The detailed management of organic impotence has received much attention in the past decade and there has also been an increase in the availability of psychosexual counselling for sexual problems. Psychological problems of coitus are seldom severe enough to prevent conception and some physicians would question the advisability of parenthood in such couples. This chapter attempts to review those aspects of erectile and ejaculatory dysfunction that are relevant to the management of infertile couples.

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  1. Western General Hospital, Crewe Road, Edinburgh, EH4 2XU, UK

    T. B. Hargreave MS, FRCS, FRCSE, FEB (Urol) (Consultant Urological Surgeon, Part-time Senior Lecturer) (Consultant Urological Surgeon, Part-time Senior Lecturer)

  2. Department of Surgery, Edinburgh University, UK

    T. B. Hargreave MS, FRCS, FRCSE, FEB (Urol) (Consultant Urological Surgeon, Part-time Senior Lecturer) (Consultant Urological Surgeon, Part-time Senior Lecturer)

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Pryor, J.P. (1994). Erectile and Ejaculatory Problems in Infertility. In: Hargreave, T.B. (eds) Male Infertility. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-1029-3_16

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