Treatment for sexual offenders has changed drastically over the past half-century (Laws and Marshall, 2003) . Even though earlier non-behavioral treatment approaches were important in establishing that child sex offenders could be engaged in treatment, John B . Watson and Alfred Kinsey were prominent in the development of behavioral treatment approaches in the early to mid-20th century. Kurt Fr...

The management of erectile dysfunction looks set to be revolutionised with the introduction of effective oral therapies. There will remain, however, some men who do not respond to conservative measures. This article reviews the important role of penile prosthetic surgery as a treatment option in these patients.

OBJECTIVES To compare the response to tiocolchicine and verapamil injection in the plaque of patients with Peyronie's disease. MATERIALS AND METHODS Prospective, single-blind, randomized study, selecting patients who have presented Peyronie's disease for less than 18 months. Thiocolchicine 4mg or verapamil 5mg were given in 7 injections (once a week). Patients who had received any treatment f...

BACKGROUND Penile plication techniques with or without degloving offer a minimally invasive option for the treatment of penile curvature. AIM To review the outcomes of penile plication surgery and patient satisfaction with and without degloving of the penis. METHODS We conducted a retrospective analysis of 52 patients who underwent penile plication for the treatment of Peyronie disease or c...

In the course of a study on the effects of mating on plasma lh concentrations in the rat, a serendipitous finding was that plasma samples collected from male rats shortly after copulation often showed obvious evidence of haemolysis. These observations prompted a more detailed investigation. Adult Wistar rats were maintained under reversed lighting (lights on from 21.00 to 11.00 hours). Mating t...

The present paper provides a review of the available non-surgical treatments for Peyronie's disease (PD). A review of published literature on oral, intralesional, external energy and iontophoresis therapies for PD was performed, and the published results of available treatment options reviewed. The authors recommendations for appropriate non-surgical management of PD are provided. Although ther...