title: Spurious impotence after hypospadias repair.
abstract: A fifteen-year-old who had undergone multiple hypospadias repairs alleged erectile dysfunction as a result of his surgery. A new method of nocturnal penile tumescence and rigidity monitoring supplied objective evidence to refute this allegation. Attention is drawn to the need for and availability of written documentation when diagnosing the presence or absence of erectile ability.
authors.affiliation: Division of Urology, University of California School of Medicine, Los Angeles.
authors.forename: E J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Zeidman
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Raz
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Ehrlich
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D007172:Erectile Dysfunction / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D007021:Hypospadias / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000295:instrumentation; D010410:Penile Erection; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012086:Reoperation