Sexual Dysfunction

“The majority of treatments out there don't allow the maintenance of ejaculation after surgery, whereas here, we're at 90% for the small glands…[and at] 81% [for] the men who had prostates above 80 grams,” says Naeem Bhojani, MD, FRCSC.

Madeline Zech Ruiz discusses why she included chapters on premature ejaculation and genitourinary symptoms of menopause in her book “I Married a Urologist.”

According to recently published studies, having COVID-19 could have lasting impacts on fertility and sexual function.

“I think it's the responsibility of the physician to really take on educating and counseling and setting clear expectations and that way, when complications do arise, patients are better equipped, and they have a more favorable outcome,” says Ariana Matz, MD.

Receiving Nesbit’s surgical procedure for Peyronie’s disease does not result in deterioration of erectile function.

“We found that medications allegedly causing priapism and the litigation surrounding that is significant because it means that the patient-physician relationship was not well established,” says Ariana Matz, MD.

No serious complications occurred during or following the surgical procedure.

There were no reductions in any sperm parameters, including semen volume, sperm concentration, sperm motility, and total motile sperm count.

In this interview, Parviz K. Kavoussi, MD, discusses his diagnostic work-up for patients who present with chronic testicular pain and describes conservative and surgical management approaches for the condition.

“I think doctors should be aware that if men do complain of erectile dysfunction after [having] COVID-19 that it could be because of underlying endothelial dysfunction and underlying vasculature issues,” Ramasamy says.

Depression appears to be common in patients, retrospective data indicate.

Men with Peyronie’s disease have an increased risk of being diagnosed with a substance use disorder, anxiety disorder, depression, and self-injurious behaviors.

O’Leary discusses safety related to instillation of the Penuma penile enhancement implant.

Compared with single men, those in this age group who were married/partnered had 65% lower odds of having ED.

Victoria S. Edmonds and Tobias Köhler, MD, MPH, discuss trends in reimbursement for men's health procedures from 2002 to 2020.

Experts in prostate cancer, bladder cancer, kidney stones, OAB/incontinence, BPH, and sexual dysfunction recap all the key advances from 2020.

The findings support continued investigation of the safety and efficacy of mirabegron in men with OAB and concurrent ED, says study author Arthur L. Burnett, II, MD, MBA.

Men using the RestoreX traction device saw a median 1.6-cm increase in length at 6 months, versus a median of 0.3 to 0.7 cm for controls.

Christopher Warren discusses steps urologists can take to create and/or share patient education videos regarding Peyronie disease.

Men who receive care for erectile dysfunction from their primary care provider are much less likely to receive advanced pharmacological therapies for management of their condition than those treated by urologists.

Ranjith Ramasamy, MD, discusses a recent study evaluating the testosterone nasal gel Natesto.

"While we generally don’t perform surgery for PD in the first year, it makes sense to treat these patients earlier with intralesional collagenase clostridium histolyticum," says Wayne J.G. Hellstrom, MD.

Retreatment rates were low with both aquablation and transurethral resection of the prostate.

In patients with prior exposure to PDE5 inhibitors, increasing the number of sessions of low-intensity shockwave therapy was associated with improving outcomes.

Trinity Bivalacqua, MD, PhD, discusses the available evidence for the use of restorative therapies for erectile dysfunction.