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[Diagnostic value of recording nocturnal erections].
Prog Urol. 1996 Jun; 6(3):403-8.PU

Abstract

The recording of tumescence and rigidity during nocturnal erections is considered to be the reference examination to differentiate between the organic or psychogenic origin of erectile dysfunction. However, its diagnostic value is more doubtful in the absence of normal rigidity values. 170 consecutive patients were submitted to this type of recording (RigiScan, Dacomed, USA). With the exception of patients suffering from multiple sclerosis, all patients with erectile dysfunction considered to be psychogenic obtained a rigidity > or = 60%. 59% of these patients were detected by this method (sensitivity: 59%, specificity: 87%). In contrast, no conclusion can be drawn from a pathological nocturnal recording (32% of psychogenic patients) and finally, in view of the aetiologies of this series, this examination was considered to be useful in 29% of patients.

Authors+Show Affiliations

Staerman F
Service d'Urologie, Hôpital Pontchaillou, Rennes.
Coeurdacier P
No affiliation info available
Guiraud P
No affiliation info available
Cipolla B
No affiliation info available
Lobel B
No affiliation info available

MeSH

AdolescentAdultAgedEquipment and SuppliesErectile DysfunctionFalse Negative ReactionsFalse Positive ReactionsHumansMaleMiddle AgedPenile ErectionSensitivity and SpecificitySleep

Pub Type(s)

Clinical Trial
English Abstract
Journal Article

Language

fre

PubMed ID

8763696

Citation

Staerman, F, et al. "[Diagnostic Value of Recording Nocturnal Erections]." Progres En Urologie : Journal De l'Association Francaise D'urologie Et De La Societe Francaise D'urologie, vol. 6, no. 3, 1996, pp. 403-8.
Staerman F, Coeurdacier P, Guiraud P, et al. [Diagnostic value of recording nocturnal erections]. Prog Urol. 1996;6(3):403-8.
Staerman, F., Coeurdacier, P., Guiraud, P., Cipolla, B., & Lobel, B. (1996). [Diagnostic value of recording nocturnal erections]. Progres En Urologie : Journal De l'Association Francaise D'urologie Et De La Societe Francaise D'urologie, 6(3), 403-8.
Staerman F, et al. [Diagnostic Value of Recording Nocturnal Erections]. Prog Urol. 1996;6(3):403-8. PubMed PMID: 8763696.
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