Peripheral neuropathy: an underdiagnosed cause of erectile dysfunction.

Objectives: • To assess the prevalence of peripheral neuropathy in patients with erectile dysfunction (ED). • To evaluate the reliability of clinical tests such as the five-item version of the International Index of Erectile Function (IIEF-5) and the Neuropathy Symptom Score (NSS) classification system in predicting the concurrence of peripheral neuropathy.

Patients And Methods: • We studied 90 patients who were consecutively recruited from the Department of Andrology of the Central Hospital of Asturias.

Sympathetic skin response in patients with erectile dysfunction.

Objectives: To evaluate the role of the sympathetic skin response (SSR) in men with erectile dysfunction (ED), focusing on detecting SSR in the penis.

Patients And Methods: We assessed the SSR in 82 patients with ED, as an indicator of abnormalities both in amyelinic C-fibres and in autonomic pathways in these patients. The SSR was carried out according to the to the Technical Standards of the International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology.

[Neurogenic etiology in patients with erectile dysfunction].

Objectives: Erectile dysfunction (ED) is a disorder with a high prevalence that increases with age. It is estimated that 18.9% of men's between 25 and 70 years suffer it in Spain.