title: Penile vein ligation for corporeal incompetence: an evaluation of short-term and long-term results.
abstract: Dynamic cavernosometry and cavernosography can be used to identify patients with corporeal venous incompetence as a cause of erectile dysfunction. We reviewed our series of 16 patients with venous leakage who underwent surgical correction of the specific abnormality identified on cavernosography. Short-term and long-term results were obtained, and while at least temporary improvement was noted in 89.5% of the patients the long-term results tended to show a reversion to the preoperative status in the majority.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Rossman
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mieza
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Melman
mesh_terms: D007172:Erectile Dysfunction / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008026:Ligation; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010410:Penile Erection / Q000502:physiology; D010413:Penis / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography; D012039:Regional Blood Flow; D013997:Time Factors; D014680:Veins / Q000601:surgery