TY - JOUR
T1 - The value of testing pudendal nerve conduction in evaluating erectile dysfunction in diabetics
AU - Fishel, B.
AU - Chen, J.
AU - Alon, M.
AU - Zhukovsky, G.
AU - Matzkin, H.
PY - 2000
Y1 - 2000
N2 - We conducted an open prospective study on the value of testing pudendal nerve conduction (PNC) in 45 diabetic and 32 nondiabetic men with documented erectile dysfunction (ED) of at least six months duration. All subjects underwent PNC by the same investigator using the Medcelec/TECA Sapphire device with calibration parameters of sweep 10ms/div an amplitude of 200 μV/div. No statistically significant differences was found in the mean bulbocavernosus reflex (BCR) latencies between the nondiabetics (33.6 ms/div ± 4.1) and the diabetics (37.5 ms/div ± 9.1) (P > 0.05). Our results show that electrophysiological measurement of the BCR in diabetics is not a useful diagnostic test and emphasize the importance of a multifactorial evaluation of diabetic ED.
AB - We conducted an open prospective study on the value of testing pudendal nerve conduction (PNC) in 45 diabetic and 32 nondiabetic men with documented erectile dysfunction (ED) of at least six months duration. All subjects underwent PNC by the same investigator using the Medcelec/TECA Sapphire device with calibration parameters of sweep 10ms/div an amplitude of 200 μV/div. No statistically significant differences was found in the mean bulbocavernosus reflex (BCR) latencies between the nondiabetics (33.6 ms/div ± 4.1) and the diabetics (37.5 ms/div ± 9.1) (P > 0.05). Our results show that electrophysiological measurement of the BCR in diabetics is not a useful diagnostic test and emphasize the importance of a multifactorial evaluation of diabetic ED.
KW - Bulbocavernosus reflex
KW - Diabetes mellitus
KW - Erectile dysfunction
KW - Pudendal nerve conduction
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U2 - 10.1038/sj.ijir.3900496
DO - 10.1038/sj.ijir.3900496
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AN - SCOPUS:0033835284
SN - 0955-9930
VL - 12
SP - 103
EP - 105
JO - International Journal of Impotence Research
JF - International Journal of Impotence Research
IS - 2
ER -
