Clinical Significance of Nocturnal Penile Tumescence Monitoring with Stamps.
- Author:
Chun II KIM
1
;
Hyung Ki CHOI
Author Information
1. Department of Urology, Yonsei University, College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
nocturnal penile tumescence monitoring
- MeSH:
Erectile Dysfunction;
Humans;
Incidence;
Male;
Penile Erection*
- From:Korean Journal of Urology
1984;25(3):344-348
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
This study was conducted in order to investigate the clinical significance of nocturnal penile tumescence recording with stamps. The results were as follows; 1. In the study of 33 normal potent men, 96 stamp tests were undertaken. Among them, stamp breakage occurred in 62 trials (64.6%) and in remaining 34 trials (35.4%) stamp breakage failed to occur. 2. In 30 (90.0%) of the 33 normal potent cases, showed one or more incidence of stamp breakage and was considered as a positive response and in the remaining 3 cases (9.1%) showed no stamp breakage at all in a three consecutive trials. 3. In 8 patients complaining impotence after urethral injury, showed no breakage of stamp at all in a consecutive 42 trials (100% negative response).
