Figure 70

Figure 70 Correction of a venous leak into the deep dorsal vein (DDV) may sometimes be achieved by excision of a segment of the DDV:
(a) a transverse intrapubic incision is made; (b) the penis is delivered into the wound, and the right (white arrow; including the dorsal artery)
and left neurovascular bundles identified as well as the DDV (black arrow) lying between the two corpora cavernosa; (c) after mobilizing the
DDV, the perforating vessels that drain the corpora are carefully ligated and divided; (d) the suspensory ligament is divided to allow the
vein to be traced beneath the pubis; and (e) a 7-cm segment of the DDV is excised. Continued