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Medical Author:

Stephen W Leslie, MD, FACS

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Bradley Fields Schwartz, DO, FACS

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Francisco Talavera, PharmD, PhD

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Martin I Resnick, MD

Isn't surgery a rather drastic measure?

In the past, the placement of prosthetic devices within the penis was the only effective therapy for men with certain types of erectile dysfunction. Now, this is the last option considered when all other treatments are unacceptable or unsuccessful. Nevertheless, surgery remains a reliable form of therapy (see Impotence/Erectile Dysfunction for surgical options). Once a surgical implant has been done, the normal structure of the penis is permanently altered, which means that the surgery is not reversible.

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