SEXUAL BEHAVIOR IN THE JAPANESE MALES
Report 5 Sexual dysfunction following priapism
1972 Volume 63 Issue 2 Pages 135-142
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1972 Volume 63 Issue 2 Pages 135-142
Sexual impotence is a most common complaint of patients suffering from priapism. However, there are only a few reports on the relation among the incidence of impaired potency, causes of priapism, duration of pathological erection, methods of treatments and others. Therefore, in this study, an effort was made to clarify these relations. Sexual function following priapism of nine cases was investigated by personal interview. The cases for this study were patients treated at the Tohoku University Hospital during period from April, 1959, to February, 1971.
In 57.1 per cent of the subjects sufficient potency in coitus was reported. Cases with no sufficient erection or no erection during the sexual intercourse were found in 42.9 per cent of the subjects.
Mean age of the cases with sufficient erection in coitus was lower than that in the impotent groups.
Priapism was accompanied by many factors and it was unable to clarify what kind of factors was most associated with sexual impotence.
Mean duration of pathological erection in cases with sufficient erection was longer than that in the impotent groups.
Prognosis of cases with surgical treatments was better than that of those with conservative therapies.
