Venous leak embolization

[25yearsold]

I had this procedure when I was 25 years old; 6 years ago.

It somewhat helped: First 2 weeks almost normal erections, efficacy faded quickly after that, in 1-2 month I was just slightly better than my baseline. That slight effect also gradually faded in 2-3 years.

I dont really think the numbers mentioned for the long term success in medical articles reflects the truth.
I have never seen/talked a person who had this procedure and kept benefits for more than couple years.

Operation was not painful, there was mild to moderate pain after operation for 3-5 days but was easily managable with ordinary painkillers.
I had size loss and some sensation loss. Size loss was 1 inch, but it was temporary, size came back to normal in 2-3 months.
Sensation loss was probably because of the incision made on dorsal part of penis. I still can orgasm but it takes more time. Sensation loss did not get better with time

About new developed techniques; I believe they can access the veins with only needle puncture without surgical incision. It may help preventing possible sensation loss. However I dont think 3d CT matters so much, as they (doctors) usually glue everywhere they see and they can in angiogram during procedure.

My opinion: do not rely upon it as a “cure”, it is not. On the other hand if it helps, and if you manage to keep the benefits for a while it may delay the implant for 2-5 years.

[Txagq8]

I got diagnosed officially in the mid-1980s. They put me on bi-mix.

Goldstein’s book “The Potent Male” was pretty much the Bible for guys like me. Fortunately I was lucky and injections worked real well, but the urologist I saw told me with my veins the way they were I would definitely be a candidate for future venous ligation/crural tuck.

In fact the doctor could induce a pretty good semi on me simply by clamping two veins that were visible from the surface.

Fast forward 15 years. I had a big time work up in the University of Kansas med school. I was really bummed out because their view was: venous surgery was a bust, they could continue to manage me with pills plus shots, and the outlook on the 3 pc inflatable implant kept getting better and better as more were installed.

The way they explained it to me was your circulatory system was very good at finding workarounds when there’s a blockage. They could cut, tie off, rip out any number of veins but in a few months my body would have other veins taking over the workload. I’d be right back where I started.

Yes, it’s a damn shame if doesn’t work. But it doesn’t.

[Pumpingvictum]

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