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We report on our results with the intracavernous injection and self-injection of papaverine-phentolamine in a group of spinal cord injury patients with erectile impotence. This technique offers the possibility of achieving a full erection which continues for a few hours and disappears afterwards. In our limited experience no major complications have occurred. If our findings are confirmed, in future, the self-injection technique may become a valuable alternative to implanting a prosthesis in impotent paraplegics and tetraplegics.
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Wyndaele, J., Meyer, J., de Sy, W. et al. Intracavernous injection of vasoactive drugs, an alternative for treating impotence in spinal cord injury patients. Spinal Cord 24, 271–275 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1038/sc.1986.37
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