Erectile dysfunction (ED) is the persistent inability to attain or maintain a penile erection sufficient to permit satisfactory sexual intercourse (NIH Consensus Conference, 1993). It is a highly prevalent medical condition that affects 52% of men between 40 and 70 years of age to some degree (Feldman et al, 1994). Although ED is not an inevitable consequence of aging, its prevalence and severi...

Penile cancer is an uncommon tumor with a significantly higher incidence in some areas of underdeveloped countries. Unfortunately, delay on the part of the physician in initiating diagnosis may be considerable and many patients are referred to treatment after developing advanced disease. There is a large volume of data on penile cancer in Brazil. Losing patients to follow-up is common and in so...

The purpose of this study was to determine average penile length and to investigate the relationship between penile length and somatometric parameters in a group of young, healthy Turkish men. A total of 1,132 men were included in the study. The age, height and weight of the subjects were recorded. Penile length was measured in both flaccid and stretched states. The correlation between penile l...

INTRODUCTION Surgical treatment of penile cancer is usually associated with mutilation; alterations in self-esteem and body image; affecting sexual and urinary functions; and declined health-related quality of life. Recently, organ sparing treatment has appeared and led to limiting these complications. MATERIAL AND METHODS An extensive review of the literature concerning penile-preserving str...

BACKGROUND Efforts to stem the spread of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) in Papua New Guinea (PNG) are hampered by multiple interrelated factors including limited health services, extreme diversities in culture and language and highly prevalent gender inequity, domestic violence and poverty. In the rural district of Yangoru-Saussia, a revival of previously ceased male initiation ceremonies (...

The incidence of penile cancer varies between populations but is rare in developed nations. Penile cancer is associated with a number of established risk factors and associated diseases including phimosis with chronic inflammation, human papillomavirus (HPV) infection, poor hygiene and smoking. The objective of this study was to identify genes related to this type of cancer. The detection of HP...

Erectile dysfunction affects up to 30 million American men and their partners. Between the ages of 40 and 70 years, the probability of complete erectile dysfunction triples from 5.1% to 15%. Erectile dysfunction is defined as the persistent inability to attain or maintain penile erection sufficient for sexual intercourse. In 1992 the National Institutes of Health Consensus Development Conferenc...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the reliability and safety of penile implants in the treatment of organic impotence at the Saudi Aramco - Dhahran Health Center. METHODS A series of 108 cases of organic impotence that underwent 125 penile implantation procedures between 1988 and 1997 was reviewed. The follow-up period ranged between 6 months and 10 years. The mean age was 57.9 years (range 26-76). The p...