ArticleTranslational andrology and urology2026
Color Doppler ultrasound results of erectile dysfunction patients after an intracavernosal injection of prostaglandin E1: an analysis of 9,109 cases.
Article in Translational andrology and urology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
0 citing papers in PubMed.
No citing paper in PubMed yet.
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
5 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Background: Previous studies on penile color Doppler ultrasound (CDU) examination after intracavernosal injection (ICI) have included a small number of patients and rarely focused on the effects of intracavernous communicating branches and persistent rigid erection. This study aimed to explore these issues using a large institutional database of erectile dysfunction (ED) patients. Methods: We conducted a retrospective study of 9,109 ED patients who underwent CDU examination after ICI with prostaglandin E1 (PGE1) at our Department of Andrology. Results: Obvious communicating branches between the bilateral cavernous arteries were observed in 200 patients, and the blood flow of the main trunk of the cavernous artery was significantly better than that of the main branch. Another 19 patients remained in a phase of persistent rigid erection and showed no obvious blood flow in at least one cavernous artery. Based on the peak systolic velocity (PSV) and end diastolic velocity (EDV), the remaining 8,890 patients were allocated to non-vascular, arterial, and venous ED groups. Based on the erection duration, the patients in the non-vascular ED group were allocated to persistent erection and non-persistent erection subgroups. The data of each group were standardized and statistically analyzed according to the age gradient. The PSV of the persistent erection, arterial ED, and venous ED groups showed a negative correlation with age, while the EDV of the arterial ED and venous ED groups showed a positive correlation with age. Conclusions: The CDU parameters were found to be correlated with age. Additionally, the communicating branches between bilateral cavernous arteries and persistent rigid erection significantly affected the CDU results.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.