[Role of color-Doppler in the assessment of erectile impotence: personal experience].
We present our experience with colour duplex sonography in the assessment of 38 impotent men, whose ten underwent radical prostatectomy, following intracavernous pharmacological stimulation with PGE1. All patients with a clinical good response following PGE1 injection had peak cavernosal artery velocities > 30 cm/sec. The remaining suboptimal responders who presented an elevated end-diastolic velocity (> 5 cm/sec) showed a venous leakage demonstrated with cavernosography. Colour duplex sonography is a valuable and non-invasive tool in the assessment of impotence and can provide valuable information in the diagnosis of vasculogenic erectile dysfunction.
Minervini
R
R
Clinica Urologica, Università di Pisa.
Felipetto
R
R
Cecchi
M
M
Sepich
C A
CA
Viganò
L
L
Pagni
G L
GL
Perri
G
G
Fiorentini
L
L
D000368:Aged; D000527:Alprostadil / Q000627:therapeutic use; D007172:Erectile Dysfunction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018615:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color
D000527:Alprostadil
Ruolo del color-Doppler nella valutazione dell'impotenza erettile: esperienza personale.