It has been observed that the doctors (or at times even few urologists) order penile doppler study as an initial investigation, while dealing with cases of rape accused, who are sent to them for asessment of potency (potency test). Penile doppler is a procedure in which intracavernosally papaverine is injected, doppler indices of the cavernosal artery are taken. This is an invasive test and can also lead to few complications. There is no need to subject the rape accussed to such tests, as these individuals are healthy persons and not patients of erectile dysfunction.
Ideally the Doctors should do start with visual erection examination, and asses the penis in flaccid & aroused states for dysfunction or damage. Then blood tests can be done to rule out diabetes and kidney related disorders. Serum testosterone level can also be measured biochemically. After these preliminary…
