Erectile dysfunction surgery

Treatment of erectile dysfunction:
Operations
The 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.


Operation of arterial blood vessels
Operations are only useful when other therapies have failed. If the cause of erectile dysfunction in a lack of function of the arterial blood vessels, it can be restored with a vascular surgery, the so-called arterial revascularization, the perfusion. The revascularization is now performed only rarely.


Penile venous surgery
Another measure is the operative penile venous surgery, which can be applied to pathologically increased blood flow. The penile venous surgery is used to prevent the penis in the pent-up blood on the premature discharge. The long-term results of venous surgery, because of the recurrence of the same problems, rather than poorly judged, so that the operation is now only available in individual cases.


Penile prosthesis
The option of a penile prosthesis or penile implants should be carefully considered, because the operation is the natural structure of the penis irrevocably destroyed. Previously penile prostheses have been used very often. Today, this option is only performed in exceptional cases. She is moved to the last digit of the treatment of erectile dysfunction. Although, the new three-component system (liquid reservoir, pump, artificial erectile tissue) a high wearing comfort. Nevertheless occur in 10 percent of the applications defects, which would invalidate the surgery. As side effects or complications after surgery may occur pain, bleeding, inflammation and infection.