RUDN Journal of Medicine (Dec 2015)

Microcirculatory changes in penis with vasculogenic erectile dysfunction

  • A D Kaprin,
  • A A Kostin,
  • N G Kulchenko,
  • I Z Eremina,
  • D P Kruglov,
  • F Sh Mangutov

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 0, no. 4
pp. 62 – 68

Abstract

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Erectile dysfunction (ED) - multifactorial disease, which has not only medical but also social significance. Epidemiological studies confirmed that 5% to 20% of men have moderate to marked degree of ED. ED requires a comprehensive, advanced diagnostics, involving not only the Doppler ultrasound of the penis, radioisotope method - fallostsintigraphy, and morphological analysis. Microvasculature of the corpora cavernosa ultrasound can assessed indirectly. The results of our study demonstrate the effectiveness of fallostsintigraphy in the diagnosis of microcirculatory disturbances of the corpora cavernosa of the penis, which confirmed by morphological analysis of the penile tissues.

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