Korean J Urol.  1986 Dec;27(6):828-832.

Snap Gauge Band for Diagnosis of the Erectile Impotence

• Kim WJ
• Kim SC

Abstract

Snap Gauge bands were applied to measure nocturnal penile rigidity in the impotent patients and the results were compared with PBI and findings of the papaverine induced artificial erection. The results were as follows: 1. The results of Snap Gauge test were relatively competitive with the degree of erectile dysfunction which organic impotent patients complained of. 2. PBI less than 0.85 implied insufficient rigidity and PBI over 0.95 showed sufficient rigidity in Snap Gauge tests. 3. The possibility of "false positive" or "false normal" in diagnosis of the impotence was higher in the papaverine induced artificial erection tests than in the Snap Gauge tests. Conclusively, Snap Gauge band is simple to use and effective to measure quantitatively the penile rigidity reached during nocturnal erections in impotent patients.

Keyword

impotence; snap gauge

MeSH Terms

Diagnosis*
Erectile Dysfunction*
Humans
Male
Papaverine
Papaverine