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Perineal venous leakage is a cause of impotence that is demonstrated easily by dynamic cavernosography. Perineal ligation of the crura penis was done in 13 patients with this type of impotence. Nine patients achieved satisfactory intercourse and 3 had sufficient erection after intracavernous self-injections of papaverine. Implantation of a penile prosthesis was required in only 1 patient. Ligation of the crura penis is a simple operation that seems to be efficient in the treatment of impotence owing to perineal venous leakage.

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BackgroundAndrogen deprivation therapy has been associated with worsened body image in prostate cancer patients. Body image and physical presentation changes were investigated in patients receiving a gonadotropin-releasing hormone analogue (triptorelin) as part of treatment for locally advanced or metastatic prostate cancer.ObjectiveThe aim was to evaluate the changes in self-perception of the body and to assess the relationship of these changes over a period of 2 years in men treated with triptorelin as primary therapy for advanced or locally advanced prostate cancer.MethodsData were collected for 2 years in accordance with routine clinical practice. Body image was assessed using the body image scale (BIS). Patient body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference were also measured.ResultsBIS and BMI data for both baseline and a least one post-baseline visit were available for 98 of the 145 patients enrolled. The median change in BIS score for patients assessed around 12 or 24 months after baseline and at the last observation was zero, indicating no body image deterioration in at least half of patients. Statistically significant BIS score increases were detected in assessments around 6, 12 and 18 months, but not after 2 years, indicating some patients experienced body image deterioration at some point during treatment. Changes in BMI from baseline were modest and generally not statistically significant. Waist circumference increased during the study (mean ± standard deviation increase of 1.00 ± 5.01 cm at the last observation). Positive correlations were determined between increases in BIS score and both BMI and waist circumference (r = 0.235 and 0.267, respectively; p = 0.020 and 0.008) at the last observation for all patients, as well as during the second year of the study.ConclusionsMost patients did not experience clinically meaningful worsening of body image perception during the study. BMI and waist circumference had a modest impact on body image during study year 2.