Volume 4, Supplement 3SupplementNonpharmacologic Treatment of Erectile DysfunctionDrogo K MontagueVacuum erection deviceImpotenceSex therapyPenile prosthesisPenile
Volume 15, Number 2Review ArticlesThe Use of Vacuum Erection Devices in Erectile Dysfunction After Radical ProstatectomyManagement UpdateNikhil VasdevKimberley HoylandJames AdsheadThe risk of postoperative erectile dysfunction (ED) following radical prostatectomy (RP) is reported to be between 14% and 89%. With an increase in the detection of prostate cancer in younger men, there is a greater emphasis on the appropriate management of ED following RP. A number of options are available to manage ED after RP, including phosphodiesterase-5 inhibitors, intracorporeal injections, intraurethral alprostadil, and vacuum erection devices (VEDs). Penile rehabilitation programs are increasingly used to facilitate the return of natural postoperative erections; the VED is an ideal therapy given that it increases blood flow and oxygenation to the corpora to reverse the changes that result in ED after RP. [Rev Urol. 2013;15(2):67-71 doi: 10.3909/riu0574] © 2013 MedReviews®, LLCRadical prostatectomyErectile dysfunctionPenile rehabilitationVacuum erection device