[Attitudes of staff at surgical departments in Denmark to surgery of suspected appendicitis. A questionnaire study]

All Danish surgical departments were asked whether they would recommend removal of the appendix if this seemed normal at operation for suspected appendicitis. 14.0% recommended removal of a normal appendix only if there were no other pathological findings. 84.6% would remove the appendix under certain circumstances bearing risk factors in mind.

Penile blood pressure

Measurement of penile blood pressure has been advocated for investigation of erectile impotence due to arterial insufficiency in the penis. Using both strain gauge plethysmography and ultrasonic technique, and expressing the penile blood pressure as an index of the brachial blood pressure, the coefficient of variation in double determinations in non-arteriosclerotic, potent men was 6%. The normal range of the index was 0.7 to 1.02. More than 90% of men with arteriosclerotic disease of the legs and penile blood pressure index below 0.60 were impotent. The penile blood pressure thus can demonstrate, though it does not exclude, arterial insufficiency in the penis.