ED medication could heal prostate cancer scars
March 01, 2007

HOUSTON -- (March 1, 2007) -- A common erectile dysfunction medication could help reduce scar tissue after fundamental prostate surgery, declare doctors at Baylor College of Medicine.

Dr. Larry Lipshultz, professor of urology, and Dr. Mohit Khera, clinical post doctorate fellow of urology, will follow 60 men after they undergo total removal of the prostate due to cancer.

"After surgery, many men discover themselves distress from erectile dysfunction," Khera said. "Nerves in the area turn out to be damaged and blood flow decreases."

Many delay their treatment for erectile dysfunction (ED) hoping their erections will improve, but Khera said that allows scar tissue to form. The scar tissue can then make it difficult for men to regain their natural penile functions.

This study is a follow-up to one Lipshultz worked on four years ago. The consequences to the first study show the return of unassisted erections to be 24 percent more than without the treatment This current study will begin the management sooner than in the first study, hoping the recovery rate will increase.

It is being said that that a daily dose helps men get a faster return of natural erection and they heal faster. Patients with low testosterone levels after surgery do not respond well to Viagra, so we are adding testosterone substitute therapy in these patients as well.

Lipshultz and Khera inform their patients to renounce from sexual intercourse for at least three months after surgery.

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