Auto-cavernous injection for erectile disfunction

Auto-cavernous injection therapy must be individually tailored
The fairly accurate and reliable diagnostic methods make it possible nowadays one individual to the similar treatment of erectile dysfunction. Depending on the diagnosis, the physician and his patient several options available, so this also to the wishes and needs of the individual (and his partner) can be adjusted.


The correct injection technique to be learned under the guidance
In vascular-related erectile disorders or those due to the insufficiency of cavernous muscles there is the option of cavernous auto injection therapy (SKAT) to. This treatment option was introduced in 1982 successfully introduced - until the introduction of effective drugs in tablet form - a cornerstone in the treatment of erectile dysfunction dar. This substance is indicated by either subjective or his partner is injected into the corpora cavernosa. This substance leads to an expansion of cavernous caverns which occurs after about 10 minutes to an involuntary erection. It must be determined beforehand with the doctor, the individual dose in the test. The correct injection technique to be learned under supervision.


Side effects
Local side effects such as bruising at the injection site, bleeding from the cavernous or burning pain can occur here, as well as hematuria and pain after accidental puncture of the urethra and eventually undesired prolonged erections.


The SKAT has become rather secondary
The success of yield (ie measured at achieving an erection sufficient for sexual intercourse), this method of treatment lies in vascular-related disorders at 70 to 85 percent. With neurogenic causes the chances amount to nearly 100 percent. SKAT is used especially frequently in diabetics and in men who have lost by radical surgery on the prostate, their erectile function. After discovery of the PDE5 inhibitor is SKAT, with few exceptions, used only as second-line therapy.