title: The diagnosis and treatment of impotence. Impotence Study Group of Western Australia.
abstract: The management of 745 impotent men is described. Assessment consisted of history-taking, physical examination, biochemical screening, nocturnal penile tumescence studies and appropriate radiological studies. Based on the results of the nocturnal penile tumescence studies, impotence could then be classified as organic (52% of men), psychogenic (34% of men), mixed (11% of men) or of unknown aetiology (3% of men). Treatment options included: sexual counselling, hormonal replacement therapy, the intracavernosal injection of drugs to induce an artificial erection, ligation of the dorsal penile vein and penile implantation surgery.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000728:Androgens / Q000172:deficiency / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003258:Consumer Behavior; D007172:Erectile Dysfunction / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010410:Penile Erection; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D012307:Risk Factors; D012731:Sex Counseling
chemical_list: D000728:Androgens