Penile rehabilitation after nerve-sparing prostatectomy: Fact or fiction?. (July 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Hamm, Rebecca; Terry, Tim R; Bates, Anthony S
• Is Part Of: Journal of clinical urology. Volume 10:Number 4(2017)
• Page Start: 400
• Page End: 405
• Publication Date: 2017-07
• Subjects: Erectile dysfunction -- nerve spare -- nerve-sparing -- penile rehabilitation -- prostate cancer -- prostatectomy -- RARP -- robot-assisted radical prostatectomy; Genitourinary organs -- Surgery -- Periodicals; Genitourinary organs -- Diseases -- Periodicals; Urology -- Periodicals; 616.6005
• DOI: 10.1177/2051415817701567
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2051-4158

Abstract

A 65-year-old man is seen in the clinic two months after a robot-assisted bilateral nerve-sparing radical prostatectomy. He is completely continent and has been since the catheter was removed. The main reason for his referral is erectile dysfunction. Pre-operatively his SHIM score was 25 (maximum score 25). He currently experiences some thickening with stimulation, and an erection hardness score of 2. He has a pleasurable sensation of orgasm during which he remains dry. His sex drive remains normal. He has a long-standing history of hypertension and raised LDL cholesterol, managed with amlodipine and simvastatin respectively. He has no other overt cardiovascular or ischaemic heart disease, and he is not a diabetic, but has an elevated fasting glucose of 6.0 mmol per litre. He stopped smoking five years ago, is 5 feet 11 inches tall, a weight of 95 kg, has a waist measurement of 44 inches (BMI 29 – upper end of overweight) (range <18.50 underweight; 18.50–24.99 healthy weight; 25.00–29.99 overweight; >30.00 obese). He performs no regular exercise. His wife is 60. He is keen to try to regain his erectile function.