SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION IN PEYRONIES-DISEASE - AN ANALYSIS OF 222 PATIENTSWITHOUT PREVIOUS LOCAL PLAQUE THERAPY

Purpose: We obtained an objective evaluation of erectile function in p atients with Peyronie's disease. Materials and Methods: Sexual dysfunc tion was analyzed in 222 patients with Peyronie's disease without prev ious local plaque therapy using a standardized protocol. Results: Of t he 222 patients 70 (31.5%) complained of not being able to perform int ercourse. In 4 men (1.8%) standardized diagnostic procedure demonstrat ed only a severe angulation making coitus impossible, and in 3 men (1. 4%) intercourse became unsatisfactory due to pain. Seven men (3.1%) re ported distal penile flaccidity, including 4 in whom dynamic pharmacoc avernosometry and pharmacocavernosography revealed veno-occlusive dysf unction. Of 56 men who complained of a complete loss of erection 51 di d not respond to intracavernous pharmacological injection with prostag landin El, and 27 (48.2%) had abnormal arterial blood flow as shown by duplex sonography of the cavernous arteries, 47 (83.9%) had evidence of veno-occlusive dysfunction based on cavernosometric criteria and 33 (58.9%) also had cavernosographic evidence of the condition. Plaque a ssociated venous drainage was evident in 15 of the 56 impotent patient s (26.8%), equivalent to 45.5% of all cases with abnormal cavernosogra phic findings. Conclusions: Sexual dysfunction was evaluable in 31.5% of patients, and the main cause of impotence and loss of erection was veno-occlusive dysfunction.