Thursday, August 6, 2009

Which Surgeries can Cause Erectile dysfunction?

Many people think that how surgeries can cause erectile dysfunction if it is one of the treatments of the same ailment. Besides diabetes, vascular diseases, anxiety, depression, smoking, alcohol, surgery too also leads to impotence or erectile dysfunction. Surgeries which results in erection problem are:

• Prostate surgery (used to cure prostate cancer)
• Bladder surgery (used to treat bladder cancer)
• Colon surgery
• Rectum surgery

These surgeries increase a higher risk of impotence in men and other complications also.

How Do These Surgeries Cause Erectile Dysfunction?

People undergoing the above mentioned surgeries suffer from erectile dysfunction because during these surgeries the nerves and tissues covering the affected area are operated upon. Due to which there are chances of nerves and blood vessels located around the prostate gland to get injured. This result in temporary damage to erection process but sometime the damage is permanent also.

Is there any technique to minimize the chances of impotence during these surgeries?

Yes there is one such technique known as “nerve-sparing technique”. In this method the nerve bundles which play a vital role during erection process are separated from the prostate before operating the person for prostate cancer. It lowers the chances of impotence but if cancer has spread to these nerves then doctor should have bound to cut off them.

Furthermore surgeries are meant to cure erectile dysfunction also but these are used mainly in case of severe erection problem or to get fast results. No doubt, these surgeries are highly effective but then they are expensive, painful and have a number of secondary complications.Thus are not preferred much.

3 comments:

  1. Viagra is for erectile dysfunction. Erectile dysfunction is nothing but impotence or problem to have sufficient erection. There are three dosing options available to patients as per his response for erection to various doses. Read more about doses of viagra at Sexual-Dysfunction.co.uk.

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  2. I just want to share this personal story about how my husband survived the problem of NO ERECTION after prostate surgery.
    My husband undertook prostate surgery 3 years ago and before then i always looked forward to great sex with him and after the surgery he was unable to achieve any erections, we were bothered and we tried so many drugs, injections and pumps and rings but none could give him an erection to even penetrate. I searched for a cure and got to know about Dr. Hillary who is renowned for curing problems of this nature and he did encouraged me not to give up and he recommended his herbal medication which my hubby took for 3 weeks and today his sexual performance is optimum. You too can contact him for similar problems on hillaconn@gmail.com. A man who cannot satisfy his wife's sexual need is not a real man!

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