The Use of Vacuum Erection Devices in Erectile Dysfunction After Radical Prostatectomy

Reviews in Urology

James Adshead¹  Nikhil Vasdev¹  Kimberley Hoyland¹ 

[1] Hertfordshire and South Bedfordshire Robotic Cancer Centre, Department of Urology, Lister Hospital,, Stevenage, UK

关键词: Erectile dysfunction;    Radical prostatectomy;    Vacuum erection device;    Penile rehabilitation;   

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学科分类：基础医学

来源: MedReviews, LLC

【 摘 要 】

The risk of postoperative erectile dysfunction (ED) following radical prostatectomy (RP) is reported to be between 14% and 89%. With an increase in the detection of prostate cancer in younger men, there is a greater emphasis on the appropriate management of ED following RP. A number of options are available to manage ED after RP, including phosphodiesterase-5 inhibitors, intracorporeal injections, intraurethral alprostadil, and vacuum erection devices (VEDs). Penile rehabilitation programs are increasingly used to facilitate the return of natural postoperative erections; the VED is an ideal therapy given that it increases blood flow and oxygenation to the corpora to reverse the changes that result in ED after RP.

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