title: Treatment of diabetic impotence with a vacuum device: efficacy and effects on psychological status.
abstract: Twelve patients with erectile impotence related to diabetic neuropathy were treated with a vacuum device, Pos-T-Vac. Efficacy of the device and psychological evaluation (Dyadic Adjustment Scale for marital satisfaction and Hamilton Rating Scale for depression) were performed before and 3 months after treatment. Vacuum therapy was successful in 75% of the patients. Patients with successful impotence treatment and normal baseline marital satisfaction scores showed a modest increase in the scores of marital satisfaction (from 114 +/- 3 points, baseline, to 121 +/- 3 points, posttreatment; p less than 0.05). Vacuum therapy for the treatment of erectile dysfunction due to diabetic autonomic neuropathy appears to be safe and effective.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas 75235-8858.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Arauz-Pacheco
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Basco
authors.forename: L C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Ramirez
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Pita
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Pruneda
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Raskin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003929:Diabetic Neuropathies / Q000150:complications*; D007172:Erectile Dysfunction / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010410:Penile Erection; D014618:Vacuum