Consuelo Valles-Antuña, Jesus Fernandez-Gomez*
and Fernando Fernandez-Gonzalez
Departments of Neurophysiology and *Urology, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain
Accepted for publication 26 November 2010
OBJECTIVES
• To assess the prevalence of peripheral
neuropathy in patients with erectile
dysfunction (ED).
• To evaluate the reliability of clinical tests
such as the five-item version of the
International Index of Erectile Function
(IIEF-5) and the Neuropathy Symptom
Score (NSS) classification system in
predicting the concurrence of peripheral
neuropathy.
PATIENTS AND METHODS
• We studied 90 patients who were
consecutively recruited from the
Department of Andrology of the Central
Hospital of Asturias.
• Anamnesis included questions about risk
factors related to ED.
• The severity of ED was classified according
to IIEF-5 scores and symptoms of peripheral
neuropathy were assessed using the NSS.
