http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/05/erectile-dysfunction-and-engineering.html Tue, 14 Feb 2012 22:28:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/05/erectile-dysfunction-and-engineering.html#comment-74560 John J. Coupal Fri, 04 May 2007 15:24:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/05/erectile-dysfunction-and-engineering.html#comment-74560 In addition to the urologist's talents in plumbing, we now add engineering ! In addition to the urologist’s talents in plumbing, we now add engineering !

]]> http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/05/erectile-dysfunction-and-engineering.html#comment-74528 Michael Rack, MD Thu, 03 May 2007 19:11:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/05/erectile-dysfunction-and-engineering.html#comment-74528 Sleep labs used to perform nocturnal penile plethysmography (using strain gauges during polysomnography to measure nocturnal penile tumescence). The buckling force was also measured: the technician "...increases force gradually until either the penile shaft buckles or the meter reaches 1000 grams" (from Principles and Practice of Sleep Medicine, 3rd edition).<br/>I am not aware of any sleep lab that is still doing this procedure. Sleep labs used to perform nocturnal penile plethysmography (using strain gauges during polysomnography to measure nocturnal penile tumescence). The buckling force was also measured: the technician “…increases force gradually until either the penile shaft buckles or the meter reaches 1000 grams” (from Principles and Practice of Sleep Medicine, 3rd edition).
I am not aware of any sleep lab that is still doing this procedure.

]]> http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/05/erectile-dysfunction-and-engineering.html#comment-74518 The Independent Urologist Thu, 03 May 2007 15:21:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/05/erectile-dysfunction-and-engineering.html#comment-74518 This is actually not a new copncept, but an old one, first popularized by Irwin Goldstein, a urologist, as early as the 1994. This is actually not a new copncept, but an old one, first popularized by Irwin Goldstein, a urologist, as early as the 1994.

]]> http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/05/erectile-dysfunction-and-engineering.html#comment-74516 OB Doctor Thu, 03 May 2007 13:29:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/05/erectile-dysfunction-and-engineering.html#comment-74516 Isn't this taking the concept of evidence based medicine just a little too far? Isn’t this taking the concept of evidence based medicine just a little too far?

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