Table 1

The intracorporal pressure of the 8 control subjects and 18 patients with venogenic erectile dysfunction (VED) in the flaccid and erectile phases+

Intracorporal pressure

VED patients

Control subjects


Mean

Range

Mean

Range


Flaccid phase

5.2 ± 0.8*

4–6

11.8 ± 0.8

10–13

Erectile Phase

1st 2.4 min

65.2 ± 4.8*

52–79

98.4 ± 6.2

92–106

Later

5.9 ± 0.7**

5–7


+ values were given as the mean ± SD

* p < 0.05

** p < 0.001

p values of patients with VED were compared with those of the control subjects

Shafik et al. BMC Urology 2007 7:14   doi:10.1186/1471-2490-7-14

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