Boback M. Berookhim

Outcomes of operative sperm retrieval strategies for fertility preservation among males scheduled to undergo cancer treatment

OBJECTIVE To describe the outcomes of electroejaculation (EEJ) and testicular sperm extraction (TESE) performed for fertility preservation among male patients who are unable to ejaculate or have nonobstructive azoospermia/severe oligospermia before definitive cancer therapy. DESIGN Retrospective cohort study. SETTING Tertiary cancer referral center. PATIENT(S) Forty-nine patients seeking fertility preservation before definitive cancer therapy, with anejaculation, religious or cultural objections to masturbation, azoospermia, or severe oligospermia requiring either EEJ or TESE. INTERVENTION(S) EEJ and TESE. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S) Sperm retrieval rates. RESULT(S) Fifty-nine percent of patients overall and 60% of adolescents/young adults had sperm retrieved for cryopreservation. EEJ was successful in retrieving sperm in 60% of adolescents. Of all adolescents and young adults undergoing TESE, 33% had sperm retrieved for cryopreservation. No complications were reported. Chemotherapy was commenced without delay in all patients requiring it, frequently on the same day as the sperm retrieval. CONCLUSION(S) EEJ and TESE can be safely and successfully used for fertility preservation before cancer therapy among boys and young adult men who are unable to provide a semen specimen or have nonobstructive azoospermia, and they should be considered in all men meeting this patient profile.

Deformity stabilization and improvement in men with untreated Peyronie's disease.

To define predictors of the deformity stabilisation and improvement in men with untreated Peyronies disease (PD).

Prospective analysis of penile length changes after radical prostatectomy.

To assess the impact of radical prostatectomy (RP) on penile dimensions. To assess the impact of phosphodiesterase‐5 inhibitor (PDE5i) use on penile length changes.

Factors Predicting Publication of Sexual Medicine Abstracts Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Urological Association

INTRODUCTION At sexual medicine meetings throughout the world, hundreds of scientific abstracts are presented each year. To our knowledge, no previous studies have looked at the rate of publication of these studies in a peer-reviewed journal. AIM To define the fate of abstracts presented at sexual medicine sessions at the annual meeting of the American Urological Association (AUA) and to describe the factors predicting ultimate publication in scientific journals. METHODS All abstracts presented at the 2006 and 2007 AUA annual meeting were surveyed to find sexual medicine abstracts. Publication status as of October 2009 was assessed using the Medline database. Abstract parameters were recorded including number of authors, country of origin, clinical or basic research, and area of sexual research. Predictors of publication were analyzed using a multivariable model. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE Publication status of all sexual medicine abstracts presented at the 2006 and 2007 AUA annual meetings. RESULTS A total of 208 sexual medicine abstracts were presented in 2006 and 2007. Fifty-one percent of these were published by October 2009. On univariate analysis, the predictors of publication in a peer-reviewed journal included the number of authors (r=0.22, P<0.01), studies pertaining to erectile dysfunction (RR 1.3, CI 1-1.8, P=0.05), and studies originating from academic centers (RR 2.7, CI 1.7-4.3, P<0.01). On multivariate analysis, the predictors of publication included the number of authors (OR 1.3, CI 1-1.4, P<0.01) and having a study originate from an academic center (OR 5.9, CI 2.8-12.7, P<0.01). CONCLUSIONS Fifty-one percent of the sexual medicine abstracts presented at the 2006 and 2007 annual AUA meetings have been published within 2 to 3 years of the date of presentation. Studies originating from academic centers were six times more likely to be published in a peer-reviewed journal.