Trauma and surgery sometimes cause erectile dysfunction because of injury to pelvic nerves and cavernous nerves of the penis. The ideal treatment is to make the injured nerves regenerate themselves and erectile function recover completely. This paper reviews the recent advances in the studies of erigentes regeneration and plerosis following injury in order to find the best method to enhance erigentes regeneration.
Erectile Dysfunction ; therapy ; Humans ; Male ; Penile Erection ; physiology ; Penis ; innervation ; Peripheral Nerve Injuries ; Regeneration ; Transurethral Resection of Prostate ; adverse effects