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Pre‐operative Assessment of Peyronie's Disease Using Colour Doppler Sonography
Author(s) -
RALPH D. J.,
HUGHES T.,
LEES W. R.,
PRYOR J. P.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
british journal of urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.773
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1464-410X
pISSN - 0007-1331
DOI - 10.1111/j.1464-410x.1992.tb15635.x
Subject(s) - medicine , peyronie's disease , erectile dysfunction , glans , doppler sonography , surgery , ultrasonography , penis , radiology , color doppler , blood flow , disease , doppler ultrasound , doppler effect , physics , astronomy
Summary— Colour Doppler ultrasonography was used to assess 39 patients with Peyronie's disease with a suspected organic cause for their impotence. In 20 patients who complained of a uniform loss of erection, the impotence was likely to be functional in origin (90%) or occasionally venogenic (10%), the penile arterial blood flow being normal. However, patients who complained of distal flaccidity were likely to have an organic cause for their impotence (68%). This was due to proximal arterial disease (10%), plaque involvement of the distal vessels (37%), veno‐occlusive dysfunction (5%) or to the soft glans syndrome (16%).