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Autoexamen de erección - Risks

Nombres alternativos

Prueba de las estampillas para la tumescencia peneana nocturna (TPN); Examen de la cinta en el pene durante la noche

Riesgos:

No existen riesgos.

Consideraciones:

Este examen ya casi no se hace, ya que no es muy preciso y hay mejores pruebas disponibles para vigilar el flujo sanguíneo. Este examen no muestra muchos factores importantes de la disfunción sexual como la calidad, la duración o el número de erecciones durante la noche.

Autoexamen de erección

Reviewed last on: 9/22/2009
Linda J. Vorvick, MD, Medical Director, MEDEX Northwest Division of Physician Assistant Studies, University of Washington, School of Medicine; Louis S. Liou, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Urology, Department of Surgery, Boston University School of Medicine. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

Referencias

Lue TF, Broderick GA. Evaluation and management of erectile dysfunction and premature ejaculation. In: Wein AJ, ed. Campbell-Walsh Urology. 9th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2007:chap 22.

Moore DP, Jefferson JW. Erectile dysfunction. In: Moore DP, Jefferson JW, eds. Handbook of Medical Psychiatry. 2nd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Mosby Elsevier; 2004:chap 100.

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