[Advances in pathogenesis and treatment of diabetic erectile dysfunction].

Erectile dysfunction is a familiar complication of diabetes mellitus, which results from combined factors of impairment to the vascular structure of the penis, the pathological changes in neural system and neural transmitters, and endocrine disorders. There are numerous therapeutic options for the treatment of diabetic erectile dysfunction, including medicines like PDE5 inhibitors, insulin, androgen, surgical therapy and gene therapy.