Should I Have Venous Repair On My Wounded Penis?

Posting Date: 08/11/2000

Lenny in Hagerstown, Maryland: Last year while I was having intercourse, I missed a stroke.

My penis snapped and blood shot out the end. I was scared so I called a urologist. He told me it would heal on its own.

But I have never since been able to maintain an erection. Viagra doesn't help me and neither does the pump.

Now I'm told that I have venous leakage. I've heard that the vascular surgery to correct this doesn't work very well, so I don't know if I should have it or not.

I'm only 47 and I'm not ready to give up sex.

Dr. Dean: Of course not, you're a young guy.

You should not have been told to ignore this. That's not right. You fractured your penis; you didn't break a bone of course, but snapping that causes bleeding needs to be taken seriously. Left unattended, this can turn into a Peyronie's curvature.

I think you should give the surgery a try, but only with an expert in venous repair.

The pioneer in this procedure, the doctor who discovered the importance of penile venous structure to erection, is at the University of California, San Francisco. A trauma like you had probably caused scar tissue that left the urethra at an improper angle to the bladder. This interferes with erection.

Email this page  Printer Friendly Bookmark this page