CAVERNOSAL EXPANDABILITY IS AN ERECTILE TISSUE MECHANICAL PROPERTY WHICH PREDICTS TRABECULAR HISTOLOGY IN AN ANIMAL MODEL OF VASCULOGENIC ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION

Abstract

The erectile tissue mechanical property, cavernosal expandability, correlated with erectile tissue structural quality. Since cavernosal histology has been shown to predict corporal veno-occlusive function, it is hypothesized that the measurement of cavernosal expandability may become a valuable functional clinical parameter in the diagnosis and treatment of men with erectile dysfunction.