[Erectile dysfunction following pelvic fracture and pelvic trauma]

In the course of this research a questionnaire was submitted to 209 male patients who had been treated in the surgical university clinic of Erlangen between 1976 and 1985, in order to get knowledge about possible complications in the form of erectile non-functioning. 29 of these patients had died in the meanwhile, 32 had moved to an unknown address. Among the other 148, 86 were willing to give some information. 44% of these people turned out to be suffering from an impotentia coeundi. Furthermore, we were able to prove that 40% of those patients for whom a large haematoma of the pelvis had been diagnosed were impotent. Finally, 73% of the patients who had additionally suffered an injury of the urogenital canal turned out to be impotent. On closer examination of the urogenital side-effect case of rupture of the bladder and as much as 87.5% in the case of lesions of the urethra. In connection with the urethra lesions reference is made to the controversial discussion about their therapy, with dichronous recanalling clearly being given preference as it involves considerably fewer complications compared to primary recanalling.