J Korean Pain Soc.  1995 Nov;8(2):336-340.

Stellate Ganglion Blocks ofr Treatment of Impotence

• Suh JH

Abstract

Impairment of erectile function, although normally a benign disorder, has a profound impact on the well-being of many men. Penile erection is produced by a complex series of events involving cognition, peripheral sensory input, central and peripheral autonomic nervous events and hormonal vascular events. The multiplicity of potential determinants identified suggest that impotence does not inexorably accompany age, but it is an arugmented significantly modifiable paraaging phenomena. A 53 year old male patient developed sudden impotence. The patient did not respond to intracavernous injection of papaverine. This patient was successfuly treated with 4 repeated stellate ganglion blocks.

Keyword

Impotence; Stellate ganglion block

MeSH Terms

Cognition
Erectile Dysfunction*
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Papaverine
Penile Erection
Stellate Ganglion*
Papaverine