Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetic‐Erectile Dysfunction: Same Diagnosis (ICD‐9), Different Disease?

With the distinct mechanisms underlying the ED phenotype in animal models of type 1 and type 2 diabetes, tailoring therapeutic treatments for diabetic‐ED to the specific mechanisms underlying this disease complication may be warranted. Further examination of mechanisms underlying ED in diabetic human patients may thus lead to significant changes in the way urologists diagnose, code, and treat diabetic‐ED. Chitaley K. Type 1 and type 2 diabetic‐erectile dysfunction: Same diagnosis (ICD‐9), different disease?