Intact, unanesthetized male rats were place in a supine position, with the penile sheath continuously retracted. Three forms of penile reflex were displayed: erections, cups, and flips. The reciprocal relation between copulation and the penile reflexes occurring in supine tests was explored in four experiments. In Experiment 1, sexual exhaustion depressed all penile reflexes, but the reflexes r...

AIM To summarize recent advances in human penile anatomy, hemodynamics and their clinical applications. METHODS Using dissecting, light, scanning and transmission electron microscopy the fibroskeleton structure, penile venous vasculature, the relationship of the architecture between the skeletal and smooth muscles, and erection hemodynamics were studied on human cadaveric penises and clinical...

Implantation of an inflatable penile prosthesis (IPP) is a well-established definitive solution for erectile dysfunction when conservative treatments fail. Penile implants may shorten the penis. The AMS 700 LGX IPP is in common use but reports on its mechanical reliability, medium-term postsurgical patient satisfaction, and mean penile length preservation are lacking. We investigate the mean pe...

A 4-day-old Holstein bull calf with considerable oedema of the belly (water belly) was referred to theVeterinary Teaching Hospital of the School of Veterinary Medicine, Shiraz University. The owner did notobserve any urination since birth. Rupture of the urethra was suspected. Perineal urethrotomy was performed. Subsequently, catheterization of urethra revealed the obstruction near the external...

PURPOSE To evaluate the postoperative outcome of the multiple slit on plaque plication technique for the treatment of Peyronie's disease. MATERIALS AND METHODS We retrospectively evaluated 22 patients who underwent plaque incision with penile plication for the surgical treatment of Peyronie's disease, who had failed medical treatment between 2009 and 2014. Patients were grouped by preoperativ...

In the literature the determination of the vibration sensitivity threshold of the penile glans by means of biothesiometry has been introduced as a cost-effective office test for the evaluation of penile neuropathy in impotent men. At our facility we have gained extensive experience with neuro-urophysiological tests for the evaluation of penile innervation. These neuro-urophysiological tests hav...

INTRODUCTION Penile fracture is defined as blunt trauma resulting in a tear of tunica albuginea surrounding the corpus cavernosum and rapidly expanding hematoma during erection. Concomitant penile fracture with urethral rupture has been reported from 10% to 20% in all penile fracture cases. However, isolated urethral injury during sexual inter courseis extremely rare. In females, intercourse-re...

CONTEXT Penile curvature can be congenital or acquired. Acquired curvature is secondary due to La Peyronie (Peyronie's) disease. OBJECTIVE To provide clinical guidelines on the diagnosis and treatment of penile curvature. EVIDENCE ACQUISITION A systematic literature search on the epidemiology, diagnosis, and treatment of penile curvature was performed. Articles with the highest evidence ava...

Although the mechanism of acupuncture for analgesia is not fully elucidated, a combination of acupuncture and several methods of topical blocks for local anesthesia has been effective to patients with indications for penile surgeries on ambulatory basis. We sought to review this unique clinical application since 1998. To summarize practice-based medical literature contingent this unique applica...

Objective. To present the results of reconstruction of long (>5 cm), penile, bulbar, and bulbopenile urethral strictures by penile skin flap as dorsal onlay in one-stage procedure. Patients and Methods. Between January, 1998 and December, 2004, 18 patients (aged from 28-65 years) presented with long urethral strictures, 5.6-13.2 cm (penile in 6, bulbar in 2 and combined in 10 cases), those were...