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Nerve grafts

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Dwight - 13 May 2008 21:53 GMT
Come to find out Dr. Carroll does not do nerve grafts.

Can these be done after the fact?
Steve Jordan - 13 May 2008 22:18 GMT
> Come to find out Dr. Carroll does not do nerve grafts.
>
> Can these be done after the fact?

I assume that Dwight refers to sural nerve grafts, performed after the
erectile nerves are destroyed during surgery.

I recommend doing a Google search on "sural nerve grafts."

It appears from a cursory read that the graft is performed during the
prostatectomy, not after.

Regards,

Steve J
I.P. Freely - 13 May 2008 22:25 GMT
> Come to find out Dr. Carroll does not do nerve grafts.
>
> Can these be done after the fact?

I would guess it' medically feasible, but it would require going back
inside that nest of internal scar tissue all over again and it doesn't
raise the odds of potence dramatically. The boost odds are statistically
well defined for no nerves/one side/both sides spared.

I.P.
 
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