Post Date December, 03 2023
People usually pay more attention to the relationship between prostate and sex, and think that if the prostate has problems, it must be impotent. This is true for chronic prostatitis, especially for prostate surgery. Influenced by this view, many patients are worried. Is there any effect on sexual function after prostate surgery? The key depends on the surgical method.
Generally, prostate tumors or benign prostatic hypertrophy are not ideal after drug treatment and often require surgical treatment. At present, there are four methods of prostate surgery, three of which have no effect on sexual function. The operation is transurethral, suprapubic, bladder, and retropubic prostatectomy. There is basically no problem of damaging the erectile nerve during the operation. However, retrograde ejaculation may occasionally occur due to local innervation disorder after individual operation, but it is also rare. The method of prostate surgery through the perineum has a greater impact on sexual function, because the surgical resection is relatively extensive, and most of the nerves that control the erection are damaged. When this method is used to treat benign prostatic hypertrophy, the incidence of impotence after operation can reach 40-50%. If it is used as the radical resection of prostate cancer, the incidence of impotence can reach more than 98%, but this method is rarely used.
Since many surgical methods have no effect on sexual function, why do some people become impotent? There are many reasons. For example, some people have grown old and become indifferent to sex, so they use this as an excuse to avoid sex life; Or there is some misunderstanding about the operation, thinking that after prostate surgery, there should be no more sexual desire, or no more sexual life; Or they always think that prostate disease is caused by sexual life. They often refuse because they are worried that continuing their married life will cause other diseases, and form mental impotence after a long time. In this case, as long as you learn a little sexual knowledge and dispel your worries, your sexual desire will eventually be improved.
