This educational activity is designed for nurses and other health care professionals who care for and educate patients regarding dynamic infusion cavernosometry and cavernosography. The multiple choice examination that follows is designed to test your achievement of the following educational objectives. Another alternative to DICC or DPCC is gravity cavernosometry. In this article, the procedure for DICC will be discussed. ED often is a symptom of other medical conditions such as heart disease, diabetes, vascular disease, hypertension, hypercholesteremia, pelvic trauma and surgery, medications, and tobacco.
Psychological problems are also important contributing factors that impair sexual performance.
Even when due to a physical condition, impotence often has psychological implications for men and their partners. An erection is a balance between inflow and outflow of blood within the corpora of the penis. The corpora cavernosa are the erectile tissues of the penis . The erection is induced by smooth muscle relaxation of the arterial vessels that deliver blood to the corpora. Adequate relaxation of the cavernosal muscle produces an increase in the intracavernosal pressure, which occludes the veins that leave the cavernosum.