Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto Univeersity
Abstract
Studies on the seminal vesiculogram have bee n undertaken on 40 male patients with spinal cord injury whose ages ranged between 22 and 45 years and who have had injured during the period of past 4 months to 13 years and 8 months. The vesiculograms were morphologically divided into 4 types. Main tubule Diverticle Type-I serpiginous grape- l ike shape Type-II serpiginous dendritic w ith poor development Type-III cystic or roll-form, dilated small or invisible Type-IV small and atrophied small and a trophied The incidence of each type was 6 cases (15.0%) for Type-I, 13 cases (32.5%) foi Type-IL 11 cases (27.5%) for Type III, 8 cases (20.0%) for Type IV and 2 cases (5.0 %) for others. Locations of the injury Cervical T y pe-II 2 cases Lumbar Type-I 4 cases Thoracic I-VI Type-I 1 II 7 I' // II 2 // /, III 4 I/ III 1 // // IV 3 Others 1/ Thoracic VII-XII I 1 , / I. II 2 // III 6 I, IV 5 Others 1 The commonest type were T y pe-III (40.0%) in injuries between the thoracic VIIXII and Type II (31.8%) in injuries of the lumbar spinal cord. There are no significant relationship between the type of the seminal vesiculogram and classification of the testicular spermatogenetic dysfunction
