Penile disorders: diagnosis & treatment

Anatomy & physiology

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Thornbury KD, Hollywood MA, Sergeant GP. Ion channels and intracellular calcium signalling in corpus cavernosum. Adv Exp Med Biol. 2019. doi:10.1007/978-981-13-5895-1_7 • PubMed

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Imaging

Abualruz AR, O’Malley R, Ponnatapura J, et al. MRI of common penile pathologies and penile prostheses. Abdom Radiol (NY). 2020. doi:10.1007/s00261-019-02080-6 • PubMed

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Cozzi D, Verrone GB, Agostini S, et al. Acute penile trauma: imaging features in the emergency setting. Radiol Med. 2019. doi:10.1007/s11547-019-01065-1• PubMed

Jung DC, Park SY, Lee JY. Penile Doppler ultrasonography revisited. Ultrasonography. 2018. doi:10.14366/usg.17022 • PubMed • PMC full text

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Nakahara T, Narula J, Tijssen JGP, et al. 18F-fluoride positron emission tomographic imaging of penile arteries and erectile dysfunction. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2019. doi:10.1016/j.jacc.2018.10.076 • PubMed

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Injuries, conditions, diagnosis & rehabilitation

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Oztekin CV, Yilmaz-Oral D, Kaya-Sezginer E, et al. Beneficial effects of human umbilical cord blood mononuclear cells on persistent erectile dysfunction after treatment of 5-alpha reductase inhibitor in rats. J Sex Med. 2021. doi:10.1016/j.jsxm.2021.02.005 • PubMed

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Terrier JE, Tal R, Nelson CJ, Mulhall JP. Penile sensory changes after plaque incision and grafting surgery for Peyronie’s disease. J Sex Med. 2018 Oct. doi:10.1016/j.jsxm.2018.07.020 • PubMed

Waldinger MD, van Coevorden RS, Schweitzer DH, Georgiadis J. Penile anesthesia in post SSRI sexual dysfunction (PSSD) responds to low-power laser irradiation: a case study and hypothesis about the role of transient receptor potential (TRP) ion channels. Eur J Pharmacol. 2015. doi:10.1016/j.ejphar.2014.11.031 • PubMed

Wang Y, Wang Y, Cong R, et al. Restoration of erectile function by suppression of corporal apoptosis and oxidative stress with losartan in aged rats with erectile dysfunction. Andrology. 2020. doi:10.1111/andr.12757 • PubMed

Wiggins A, Farrell MR, Tsambarlis P, Levine LA. The penile sensitivity ratio: a novel application of biothesiometry to assess changes in penile sensitivity. J Sex Med. 2019. doi:10.1016/j.jsxm.2019.01.002 • PubMed

Yang X, Wang M, Simeoni S, Malladi P, Liechti MD, Panicker JN. Men reporting genital numbness – Is there a neurological cause? (643). Poster presented at: International Continence Society annual meeting; September 6, 2019; Gothenburg, Sweden. Details • Poster (PDF)