Nocturnal and real-time Rigiscan monitoring in patients with venous incompetence.
OBJECTIVE
In cases of failure of the vascular occlusive system, testing with both nocturnal and real-time monitoring will offer the possibility of making an accurate diagnosis of venous occlusive dysfunction.


RESULTS
The study was conducted in 124 cases suspected as having venous occlusive dysfunction (VOD). All patients were submitted to cavernometry, which confirmed VOD in 41 cases; however, the existence of a venous disorder could not be established in 83 cases. Nocturnal monitoring with the Rigiscan System was performed in 68 cases; no organic disorder was found in 6 cases.


CONCLUSIONS
Although the results of nocturnal monitoring with the Rigiscan is not always consistent, in our experience it has been useful in both nocturnal and real-time monitoring of the erectile responses during many diagnostic tests such as VSS or intracavernosal injection of vasoactive agents.
Pozza
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Centro di Andrología e di Chirurgia Andrologica, Rome, Italy.
Ossana
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Marchionni
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D006801:Humans; D018783:Impotence, Vasculogenic / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000295:instrumentation