title: [Treatment of erectile dysfunction by embedding deep dorsal vein of penis for 5 cases].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the curative effect of embedding deep dorsal vein of penis on erectile dysfunction (ED).
  
  
  METHODS
  Three patients with venous ED and 2 patients with mixed factors of artery and vein were treated by the embedding deep dorsal vein of penis. For evaluating curative effect the 5 patients were visited after operation.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Two months after surgery, the 3 patients of venous ED achieved satisfactory intercourse and the 2 patients with mixed factors of artery and vein had sufficient erection for intercourse after taking 50 mg Sildenafil. The 5 cases kept the above-mentioned curative effect during the follow up period between 3 to 12 months (7 months on avenage).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The embedding deep dorsal vein surgery, having small surgical wounds and few complications, is an effective treatment for venous ED.
authors.affiliation: Department of Reproductive Medicine & Sexual Medicine, Third Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510630, China.
authors.forename: Bin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Xin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: Ding
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Xiang-Fu
authors.initials: XF
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Hua
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mei
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D018783:Impotence, Vasculogenic / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D010413:Penis / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000601:surgery*; D014680:Veins / Q000601:surgery