The Presence of Arterial Anatomical Variations Can Affect the Results of Duplex Sonographic Evaluation of Penile Vessels in Impotent Patients
- 1 June 1996
- journal article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Journal of Urology
- Vol. 155 (6), 1919-1923
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0022-5347(01)66048-8
Abstract
Since penile arterial communications are present in a significant percentage of impotent patients, we evaluated whether peak systolic cavernous blood velocity after intracavernous prostaglandin E1 injection might be different in patients with and without arterial variants. Cavernous blood flow was assessed with echo color Doppler ultrasound before and after intracavernous injection of prostaglandin E1 in 63 impotent patients. The penile shaft was accurately evaluated to detect arterial anatomical variants. Clinical erectile response was assessed by visual inspection and palpation. Of 23 patients who obtained a full erection with full rigidity after prostaglandin E1 injection the cavernous peak blood velocities in 11 with penile arterial communications were significantly less than those in 12 without arterial communications. The generally accepted limit of normal for cavernous peak blood flow obtained after prostaglandin E1 injection (greater than 25 to 30 cm. per second) must be interpreted carefully because lower peak blood velocities may be found in subjects with a full erectile response if arterial communications are present.Keywords
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