[Electromyography of the penis in the diagnosis of erectile dysfunction after radical operations on the organs of the lesser pelvis].

The paper presents the technique and results of electromyography of the penis (EMP) for 68 males divided into 3 groups: 21 volunteers with erectile disorders, 20 patients with nonvasculogenic erectile dysfunction and no history of pelvic operations, 27 patients with erectile abnormalities as a result of pelvic operations (after cystectomy -11, cystoprostatectomy -1, rectal resection -7, rectal extirpation -8 patients, groups 1, 2, 3 and 4, respectively). Autonomic innervation of the penis is primarily characterized by such EMP parameters as amplitude, synchronism and frequency of potentials. Neurogenic penile disorder was identified in 3 patients of group 2 (1 patient with intervertebral disk hernia, 2 patients with lumbosacral osteochondrosis), in all patients of group 3 (electric silence was recorded in 22 patients). EMP should be included in the algorithm of examination of patients with erectile dysfunction as providing a reliable assessment of autonomic penile innervation.