Erectile tissue autoinjection therapy (SKAT) is a form of treatment for erectile dysfunction (ED) in which a penile-stiffening drug (alprostadil; prostaglandin E1, PGE1) is injected into the erectile tissue (corpus cavernosum).
The procedure
Erectile dysfunction is a euphemism for the inability of a man’s member to become erect enough for sexual intercourse, and thus the inability of the man to penetrate his partner with his penis.
Men of all ages can be affected and the causes of erectile dysfunction are very diverse.
Erectile dysfunction can occur in:
- Atherosclerosis (arteriosclerosis, hardening of the arteries).
- Hypertension (high blood pressure)
- Diabetes mellitus
- Hormonal disorders
- Excessive consumption of alcohol, cigarettes and drugs.
- Partnership problems
- Mental upsets
In erectile tissue auto-injection therapy, the patient injects (injects) a penile stiffening, fast-acting drug (active ingredient: alprostadil) into the penis with a very thin needle before sexual intercourse. Sexual intercourse can usually be performed immediately after the onset of the effect with sufficient limb rigidity.
Cavernous body auto-injection therapy can also be combined with psychological counseling and psychotherapy.
Indications for erectile tissue auto-injection therapy:
- Erectile dysfunction
- Insufficient success of systemic drug therapy.
Contraindications
- Hypersensitivity to the active substance
- Severe heart disease (for example, unstable angina, heart failure (> Grade I), coronary artery disease, cardiac arrhythmias, or constriction in the area of the heart valves)
- Myocardial infarction (heart attack) less than six months ago.
- Severe liver failure
- Acute or chronic lung disease (for example, pulmonary edema or COPD).
- Sexually-transmitted diseases such as HIV- syphilis, hepatitis A-D.
- Persons with erectile tissue implants, anatomical deformities of the penis and acute or chronic inflammation of the foreskin, glans or urethra.
- Persons taking blood thinners (phenprocoumon).
- Persons with penile prostheses
Only after careful risk-benefit assessment by the treating physician should the agent be used in:
- Phimosis
- Increased storage of connective tissue in the corpora cavernosa (fibrosis) due to previous permanent erections (priapism). This occur clustered in people who suffer from sickle cell anemia (med.: Drepanozytose; also sickle cell anemia, sickle cell anemia), thalassemia or leukemia (blood cancer)/plasmocytoma.
Your benefit
Erectile tissue auto-injection therapy prevents erectile dysfunction, thereby restoring your full vitality.
This leads to a great spiritual and psychological relief.
You can have a satisfying sex life again and have a gain in quality of life.
