Ukungasebenzi kahle kwe-Erectile ( ED ), okubizwa nangokuthi ukungabi namandla, wuhlobo lokungasebenzi kahle kocansi lapho ipipi lihluleka ukuba khona noma ukuhlala liqondile ngesikhathi sokwenza ucansi.Kuyinkinga ejwayelekile yezocansi emadodeni. Ngokuxhumeka kwayo ekuzicabangeni nasezinkinga ebudlelwaneni bezocansi, ukungasebenzi kahle kwe-erectile kungadala ukulimala kwengqondo. Cishe ku-80% wamacala, izimbangela zomzimba zingabonakala. Lokhu kufaka phakathi isifo senhliziyo nemithambo yegazi ; isifo sikashukela ; izinkinga zemizwa, njengalezo ezilandela i- prostatectomy ; hypogonadism ; nemiphumela emibi yezidakamizwa .Cishe i-10% yamacala ukungabi namandla kwengqondo, okubangelwa yimicabango noma imizwa; lapha, kunempendulo enamandla ekwelashweni kwe-placebo . Igama ukungasebenzi kahle kwe-erectile alisetshenziswanga kwezinye iziphazamiso zokwakhiwa, njenge- priapism. Ukwelashwa kubandakanya ukubhekana nezimbangela ezisemqoka, ukuguqulwa kwendlela yokuphila, nokubhekana nezinkinga zengqondo. Ezimweni eziningi, ukwelashwa kuzanywa yizidakamizwa, ikakhulukazi i- PDE5 inhibitors (njenge- sildenafil ), evula imithambo yegazi, evumela igazi eliningi ukuba ligeleze ngezicubu zesiponji zepenisi (ngokufana nokuvula i-valve ngokuqhubekayo ukuze kuvunyelwe amanzi amaningi faka ipayipi lomlilo).Ezinye izindlela zokwelapha, ezingasetshenziswa kakhulu, zifaka phakathi i- prostaglandin pellets, efakwe ku- urethra ; ama-relaxant-muscle muscle kanye nama-vasodilator, afakwe kumthondo; ukufakwa kwe-penile ; amaphampu omthondo ; nokuhlinzwa okwakha kabusha imithambo yegazi .