The value of testing pudendal nerve conduction in evaluating erectile dysfunction in diabetics
| Autor: | M. Alon, Haim Matzkin, J. Chen, G. Zhukovsky, B. Fishel |
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| Rok vydání: | 2000 |
| Předmět: |
Adult
Male Aging medicine.medical_specialty Urology Pudendal nerve Neural Conduction Diabetes Complications Erectile Dysfunction Internal medicine Reflex medicine Humans Prospective Studies Aged business.industry Muscle Smooth Middle Aged medicine.disease Surgery Peripheral neuropathy Erectile dysfunction Cardiology business Nerve conduction Penis |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Impotence Research. 12:103-105 |
| ISSN: | 1476-5489 0955-9930 |
| DOI: | 10.1038/sj.ijir.3900496 |
| Popis: | We conducted an open prospective study on the value of testing pudendal nerve conduction (PNC) in 45 diabetic and 32 nondiabetic men with documented erectile dysfunction (ED) of at least six months duration. All subjects underwent PNC by the same investigator using the Medcelec/TECA Sapphire device with calibration parameters of sweep 10 ms/div an amplitude of 200 microV/div. No statistically significant differences was found in the mean bulbocavernosus reflex (BCR) latencies between the nondiabetics (33.6 ms/div +/- 4.1) and the diabetics (37.5 ms/div +/- 9.1) (P0.05). Our results show that electrophysiological measurement of the BCR in diabetics is not a useful diagnostic test and emphasize the importance of a multifactorial evaluation of diabetic ED. |
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