Iatrogenic erectile dysfunction includes abnormalities of erectile function due to any kind of therapeutic modality, that is surgery, radiotherapy, physical therapy and drug therapy. Transurethral prostatectomy does not seem to be significantly related to postoperative erectile dysfunction. When performed with a bilateral nerve-sparing technique and subsequent programmed oxygenation of the
... [Show full abstract] corpora cavernosa, radical prostatectomy is also associated with a minor rate of postoperative erectile dysfunction. New techniques of radiotherapy for prostate cancer also show low rates of damage to the erectile function. Finally, drugs such as antihypertensive agents are significantly associated with erectile dysfunction only in the case of thiazide diuretics.