Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the value of testing pudendal nerve conduction in men with erectile dysfunction.
Design: This open prospective study was conducted on 150 men with documented erectile dysfunction of at least 6 mo of duration, all of whom underwent pudendal nerve conduction by the same investigator.
Results: Only patients with erectile dysfunction and low back pain (n = 9) showed statistically significant prolonged pathologic pudendal nerve conduction latency of 43.1 msec/div (SD +/- 11.3 msec/div, P < 0.05). There were no correlations between the pudendal nerve conduction latency in patients suffering from erectile dysfunction associated with diabetes mellitus, local trauma, pelvic surgery, or antihypertensive drugs.
Conclusions: Pudendal nerve conduction may contribute valuable information to the evaluation of patients with erectile dysfunction caused by neurologic deficits as manifested by low back pain.