Other Erectile Dysfunction Treatments

Venous Ligation. Venous ligation is performed when the penis is unable to store a sufficient amount of blood to maintain an erection. This operation ties off or removes veins that are causing an excessive amount of blood to drain from the erection chambers. The success rate is estimated at between 40 - 50% initially, but drops to 15% over the long term. It is important to find a surgeon experienced in this surgery. In a variation of this technique called venous ablation, ethanol is injected into the deep dorsal vein, the main vein that drains blood from the penis. The ethanol causes scarring that closes off smaller veins and prevents blood leakage, thereby bolstering erectile function.