title: Retrograde penile venoablation.
abstract: We evaluated retrograde penile venoablation as treatment modality in impotent patients suffering from a venous leakage. Forty-six of 53 (86%) interventions were technically feasible. Improvement in erectile function was obtained by 24/46 (52%) procedures: in 20 men spontaneous intercourse was possible, four men needed additional intracavernous injection of vasoactive drugs. In 11 patients, potency deteriorated between one and 20 months after the venoablation; in seven, potency could be improved by repeated embolization. Potency of 13 patients is unchanged one to 30 months (average 10.5 months) after the intervention. Complications were not observed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of Mainz Hospital and Medical School, Germany.
authors.forename: H H
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Schild
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Muller
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003075:Coitus; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D007172:Erectile Dysfunction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010413:Penis / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D015641:Radiography, Interventional; D014680:Veins