[Management of erectile rehabilitation failure after radical prostatectomy]

Prog Urol. 2009 Dec:19 Suppl 4:S198-200. doi: 10.1016/S1166-7087(09)73374-3.
[Article in French]

Abstract

More than two thirds of the patients after radical prostatectomy (RP) have a lasting impairment of the quality of their erection and are may be considered as in failure of erectile rehabilitation. The treatment of penile rehabilitation failures after RP follows the rules and recommendations of the treatment of erectile dysfunction according to its degree of severity and of chess in previous treatments. Psychosexual counselling is often necessary to assess and improve the sexual living of cancer and of consequences of the treatment in the couple.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Erectile Dysfunction / etiology*
  • Erectile Dysfunction / rehabilitation*
  • Erectile Dysfunction / therapy
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Prostatectomy / adverse effects*
  • Treatment Failure