Penile plethysmography (PPG) or phallometry is a measurement of blood flow to the penis, typically used as a proxy for measurement of sexual arousal. The most commonly reported methods of conducting penile plethysmography involves the measurement of the circumference of the penis with a mercury-in-rubber or electromechanical strain gauge, or the volume of the penis with an airtight cylinder and inflatable cuff at the base of the penis. Corpora cavernosa nerve penile plethysmographs measure changes in response to inter-operative[clarification needed] electric stimulation during surgery. The volumetric procedure was invented by Kurt Freund and is considered to be particularly sensitive at low arousal levels. The easier to use circumferential measures are more widely used, however, and more common in studies using erotic film stimuli. A corresponding device in women is the vaginal photoplethysmograph.[1]
For sexual offenders it is typically used to determine the level of sexual arousal as the subject is exposed to sexually suggestive content, such as pictures, movies or audio, although some have argued that phallometry is not always appropriate for the evaluation of sexual preferences or treatment effects.[2] A 1998 large-scale meta-analytic review of the scientific reports demonstrated that phallometric response to stimuli depicting children, though only having a .32 correlation with future sex offending (accounting for approximately 10% of the variance), had the highest accuracy among methods of identifying which sexual offenders will go on to commit new sexual crimes. (None of the methods were strong predictors with most accounting for far less than 10% of the variance).[3]
In prostatectomy nerve-sparing surgery, the surgeon applies a mild electrical stimulation near the cavernous nerves of penis to verify their locations and avoid operative trauma. Damage to these difficult-to-see nerves can cause erectile dysfunction outcomes. At the surgery's conclusion, the electrical stimulation penile plethysmograph result is a prognosis which helps to manage the erectile function outcomes earlier than the many months required for recovery.[4]
^Prause, Nicole, and Erick Janssen. "Blood flow: Vaginal photoplethysmography." Women's sexual function and dysfunction: Study, diagnosis, and treatment (2006): 359-367.
^Simon W. T.; Schouten P. G. (1992). "The plethysmograph reconsidered: Comments on Barker and Howell". Bulletin of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law. 20: 13–25.
^Hanson R. K.; Bussière M. T. (1998). "Predicting relapse: A meta-analysis of sexual offender recidivism studies". Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology. 66 (2): 348–362. doi:10.1037/0022-006x.66.2.348. PMID 9583338.
^Klotz L, Heaton J, Jewett M, et al. (November 2000). "A randomized phase 3 study of intraoperative cavernosa nerve stimulation with penile tumescence monitoring to improve nerve sparing during radical prostatectomy". J. Urol. 164 (5): 1573–8. doi:10.1016/S0022-5347(05)67031-0. PMID 11025707.
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