Diagnostic evaluation |
For all patients |
History to include sexual, genitourinary, medical, surgical, psychosocial, medications, response to oral PDE5 inhibitors |
Physical exam |
For patients complaining of sensory loss |
Biothesiometry (measures of threshold of appreciation of vibration) |
Hot and cold perception (assess for integrity of the dorsal nerve) |
For patients who report complete failure with oral PDE5 inhibitors |
Combined injection and stimulation test (assess response to small amount of low dose bimix papaverine 30 mg/phentolamine 0.5 mg) with supine and upright posture |
For patients with poor response to both PDE5 inhibitors and injection |
Consider penile color duplex ultrasound (PCDU) |