Multicentral clinical evaluation of the aetiology of erectile dysfunction: A survey report

Authors: Ayd inodot n S.¹; Ünal D.²; Erol H.³; Karaman I.⁴; Y inodot lmaz Y.¹; Scedil E.¹; bayrakl inodot H.¹

Source: International Urology and Nephrology, Volume 32, Number 4, 2001 , pp. 699-703(5)

Publisher: Springer

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Abstract:

Patients with erectile dysfunction, who admitted to 4 different urological centres in Turkey were evaluated in terms of aetiological factors to establish the aetiology of erectile dysfunction in our population and compare it with the data derived from Western communities. After the history, physical examination, psychological evaluation and laboratory testing, a clinical diagnosis was established as primarily psychogenic, organic, or mixed aetiology. Mean patient age was 43.5 years (range 17 to 69), and 9 of the patients were unmarried. Of the patients 53 had vascular risk factors, and 10 reported a history of alcohol abuse. Eleven patients were using drugs that might interfere with the disorder. In this multicentral study of 115 impotent men, an organic cause was found in 43%, psychogenic in 47%, and mixed in 19%. Mean age of the overall patients was 43.48. When the ages of the patients with organic erectile dysfunction and those with psychogenic erectile dysfunction were compared, it was clearly seen that those with organic erectile dysfunction were much older (52.73 versus 33.02).

Keywords: Aetiology; Child; Erectile dysfunction

Language: English

Document Type: Regular paper

Affiliations: 1: Department of Urology, Medical School, Yüzüncü Yil University, Van, Turkey 2: Department of Urology, Medical School, Harran University, Urfa, Turkey 3: Department of Urology, Medical School, Adnan Menderes University, Aydin, Turkey 4: Sisli Etfal State Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey

Publication date: 2001-01-01