Pharmacocavernosometry as a functional diagnostic test of venous leakage

Autor: G. Passavanti, F. Viggiani, F. Mengoni, R. Paolini, A. Buonavia, F.M. Costantini, A. Bragaglia, E. Spinosa, F. Onorato, V. Pizzuti
Rok vydání: 1995
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Zdroj: Urologia Journal. 62:386-390
ISSN: 1724-6075
0391-5603
DOI: 10.1177/039156039506200315
Popis: During 1994, 20 patients underwent pharmacocavernosometry because of suspected venous leakage. Only two patients showed evident signs of this syndrome. However, in another 10 patients, who did not show cavernosometric signs of venous leakage, cavernosography manifested opacity of the pudendal veins. Therapy for the two above-mentioned cases was surgical ligation of the crural vessels and of the dorsal vein. Short-term results have been substantially satisfactory. Analysing these cases and taking into account the latest bibliographic references, a prevalently functional pathogenesis of venous leakage can be proposed. Pharmacocavernosometry, as a functional diagnostic exam, although limited, could be the best test presently available to diagnose this syndrome. Cavernosography, being a more anatomic exam, could appear much less significant. The therapy to be proposed is surgery, on its own or supported by pharmacoprosthesis.
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