Material and Method
12 patients who applied to our clinic for erectile dysfunction in the
last 1 year and accepted this study were included . Preoperative
two-dimensional shear wave elastography imaging was performed in 12
patients and recorded in the Pascal (kPa) unit. Approximately
0.5x0.5x0.5 cm tissue samples were taken from the right and left spongy
tissue during penile prosthesis implantation operation. Tissue samples
were sent to the pathology department. The percentage of the area
covered by muscle fibers and elastic fibers in the corpus cavernosum was
noted semi-quantitatively (ratio of muscle fibers and cavernous body
elastic fiber score). All data obtained were compared with each other.