Primary infertility secondary to posterior urethral valve

A 34-year-old civil servant presented to our facility, following a referral from a gynecologist who was also seeing the wife. The man presented with a history of anejaculation and the inability to impregnate his wife after 23 months of marriage. History, physical examination, and ancillary investiga...

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Main Authors: Timothy Uzoma Mbaeri, Chukwuemeka Okwudili Ezeama, Chinonso Odo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2020-01-01
Series:Nigerian Journal of Surgery
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Online Access:http://www.nigerianjsurg.com/article.asp?issn=1117-6806;year=2020;volume=26;issue=1;spage=92;epage=94;aulast=Mbaeri
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spelling doaj-f01af77c71ef4040870d8ff1a0263ee52020-11-25T02:15:42ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsNigerian Journal of Surgery1117-68062020-01-01261929410.4103/njs.NJS_24_19Primary infertility secondary to posterior urethral valveTimothy Uzoma MbaeriChukwuemeka Okwudili EzeamaChinonso OdoA 34-year-old civil servant presented to our facility, following a referral from a gynecologist who was also seeing the wife. The man presented with a history of anejaculation and the inability to impregnate his wife after 23 months of marriage. History, physical examination, and ancillary investigation led to a diagnosis of primary infertility secondary to posterior urethral valve which was subsequently ablated. Three weeks after ablation, he started ejaculating, and 2 months later, the wife became pregnant.http://www.nigerianjsurg.com/article.asp?issn=1117-6806;year=2020;volume=26;issue=1;spage=92;epage=94;aulast=Mbaeriinfertilityanejaculation and posterior urethral valve
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author Timothy Uzoma Mbaeri
Chukwuemeka Okwudili Ezeama
Chinonso Odo
spellingShingle Timothy Uzoma Mbaeri
Chukwuemeka Okwudili Ezeama
Chinonso Odo
Primary infertility secondary to posterior urethral valve
Nigerian Journal of Surgery
infertility
anejaculation and posterior urethral valve
author_facet Timothy Uzoma Mbaeri
Chukwuemeka Okwudili Ezeama
Chinonso Odo
author_sort Timothy Uzoma Mbaeri
title Primary infertility secondary to posterior urethral valve
title_short Primary infertility secondary to posterior urethral valve
title_full Primary infertility secondary to posterior urethral valve
title_fullStr Primary infertility secondary to posterior urethral valve
title_full_unstemmed Primary infertility secondary to posterior urethral valve
title_sort primary infertility secondary to posterior urethral valve
publisher Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
series Nigerian Journal of Surgery
issn 1117-6806
publishDate 2020-01-01
description A 34-year-old civil servant presented to our facility, following a referral from a gynecologist who was also seeing the wife. The man presented with a history of anejaculation and the inability to impregnate his wife after 23 months of marriage. History, physical examination, and ancillary investigation led to a diagnosis of primary infertility secondary to posterior urethral valve which was subsequently ablated. Three weeks after ablation, he started ejaculating, and 2 months later, the wife became pregnant.
topic infertility
anejaculation and posterior urethral valve
url http://www.nigerianjsurg.com/article.asp?issn=1117-6806;year=2020;volume=26;issue=1;spage=92;epage=94;aulast=Mbaeri
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