Impotence after total nephrectomy. My husband is 54 years old , had kidney cancer , he was made a radical nephrectomy (left side) . After three weeks began with pain in the right lumbar area extending to the abdomen and numbness.
It is quite difficult to get an erection when you have pain. Psychological factors could be due to cancer or surgery. He probably is smoking , snuff is the enemy of erections.