ED Treatment: Arterial Revascularization
The first step to understanding how blood flows to the penis to create an erection, and how erection subsides by blood drainage is by differentiating veins and arteries. Veins carry the deoxygenated blood back to the heart, while arteries carry the oxygenated blood away from the heart to the body. These vascular components work together to improve erection by effectively drawing blood in the penis. Good function of arteries and veins lead to the proper coming and going of blood, which is needed to maintain an erection throughout the time needed for satisfying sex. Vascular surgery is one way to cure erectile dysfunction in males. This option, however, is not available to every man who might want to try it.
Penile arterial revascularization is meant to maintain blood flow by allowing blood to move around a blocked or injured vessel. This method of erection disorder treatment can only be done in young men (under 45) with no known risk factors for atherosclerosis or other cardiovascular diseases. Once deemed fit, the man can avail of this type of surgery to alleviate impotence and bring back his sexual prowess.
Men who might have contracted penile injury from sports activities, accidents or other means need to correct any vessel injury at the base of the penis for strong erections to occur again. Injuries such as these result to severely damaged penile vessels that are too injured or blocked to transfer blood. Surgery will microscopically connect a nearby artery to another one, like a detour, creating a functional pathway for erection-inducing blood.




