title: Embolotherapy for venous impotence: use of ethanol.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the usefulness of embolotherapy with ethanol for the treatment of venous impotence.
  
  
  METHODS
  Twenty-three patients with venous impotence underwent embolotherapy. The diagnosis of venous impotence was made by means of pharmacocavernosometry and cavernosography. After exposure of the deep dorsal penile vein, a intravenous catheter was inserted directly into the deep dorsal penile vein and advanced into just front of the preprostatic plexus. Fifty percent ethanol was injected through the catheter and the endpoint of the procedure was determined based on results of venography immediately after injection. The procedure was finished when lack of venous leakage was confirmed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In all patients, the deep dorsal penile vein was successfully exposed surgically, the sclerosing agent successfully injected, and the endpoint successfully achieved. Immediate clinical therapeutic effect (restoration of erection) was obtained in 20 cases (87%). No severe complications were observed during or after the procedure. The follow-up period was 6-50 months. Long-term therapeutic effect was confirmed for 18 of 23 patients (78%).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The authors' findings suggest that this treatment had satisfactory short-term and long-term clinical results and that longer follow-up is necessary to confirm its safety.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Osaka City University Medical School, Osaka, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nakata
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Takashima
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kaminou
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Koda
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Morimoto
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hamuro
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Matsuoka
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Yasumoto
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Yamada
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002404:Catheterization / Q000379:methods; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000379:methods*; D007172:Erectile Dysfunction / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D000431:Ethanol / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010413:Penis / Q000098:blood supply*; D010690:Phlebography; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000431:Ethanol