Sexual Dysfunction

Overall, more than 78% of consumers were able to appropriately self-select to use avanafil using the drug facts label (DFL) and the assistive app, compared with 56% of consumers using the DFL alone.

“So, we see that in [the] men who have sex with men population, they have a greater mental health burden from this disease as they report having a more negative experience with a urologist,” says Thairo Pereira, MD.

“As far as that point of max curve, I would say this is pretty definitive that this is something that needs to be done and changed within someone's practice,” says Landon Trost, MD.

"Using the model of 100 implants per year, and assuming that we can reduce teaching visits by 1 during that 90-day global period, that translates into an estimated additional 3000 minutes of outpatient time that you have available to assist other patients," says Bradley Gill, MD.

Novel research to evaluate noninvasive treatments in erectile dysfunction and chronic pelvic pain

"If you don't do a repeat curve assessment with each series of injections, you're possibly going to be missing the best location to do the injections," says Landon Trost, MD.

"The viability and survivability of practices is in jeopardy," says Bradley Gill, MD.

Taher Naeem, a fourth-year medical student at Baylor College of Medicine, highlights 3 abstracts that were presented during the 24th Annual Fall Scientific Meeting of the SMSNA in San Diego, California.

"We knew that the MS or momentary squeeze pump, originally designed at AMS was a fine device, but it did have some issues. We thought we could make it even better," says Ronald A. Morton, MD.

“Sexual wellness is critical to overall health and happiness. That’s why you see more men and women turning to specialty health clinics for solutions to problems they consider more aesthetic versus medical,” said Mitchell Hollander, MD.

"We're calling upon urologists and primary care physicians to start the conversation and normalize discussion about erectile dysfunction with their patients before they fall through the cracks and ended up victims of these predatory online services," says Jack Vercnocke, MD.

“Company 3 was the most surprising; the cost was $5220 per year for 10 20-mg [tadalafil] pills per month,” says Jack Vercnocke, MD.

At 3 months following treatment, 50% of men who received CCH injections reported being “very satisfied” overall, compared with 21% of patients in the surgery group.

“We looked at the costs of various quantities and strengths of sildenafil citrate [Viagra] and tadalafil [Cialis] from 3 three well-known direct-to-consumer online pharmacies, and we compared them to Cost Plus Drugs, an online pharmacy known for its competitive wholesale pricing,” says Jack Vercnocke, MD.

"Psychological factors often have an important role [in erectile dysfunction], and psychological treatment options are available that have been found to improve outcomes," said Mark S. Allen, PhD.

“One of the things that the SMSNA does really well is promote, obviously, a lot of important learning, but also a lot of opportunities for networking,” says Matthew Ziegelmann, MD.

“It just gives us another piece of information that we can back up using data,” says Udit Singhal, MD.

If replicated with further study, the finding potentially expands noninvasive fertility treatment options and may minimize the need for expensive reproductive technology, according to lead author Scott D. Lundy, MD, PhD, of Cleveland Clinic’s Department of Urology.

“We have over 400 abstracts submitted this year to the SMSNA, which is really outstanding. We're looking at a record in terms of attendance this year, and we're very excited to have this,” says Mohit Khera, MD, MBA, MPH.

"Mentorship plays a huge role, and as someone who's interested in academics in the future, I think it's important to remember the influence that you can have on shaping young minds," says Niki Parikh, MD, MBA, MSBA.

About 30% of patients received a diagnosis of ED and prediabetes or type 2 diabetes on the same day.

"Only 25% of our respondents felt that sexual health curriculum provided an adequate fund of knowledge to address any of the sexual health concerns of patients," says Niki Parikh, MD, MBA, MSBA.

"Our study raises concerns that some insurance plan policies are denying an effective, research-proven therapy, for a very common condition for which treatment is considered medically necessary," says Mohit Khera, MD, MBA, MPH.

“ChatGPT isn't yet ready to determine the quality of online text, but I think it's going to change in the future,” says Roei Golan.

Urologist Rachel S. Rubin, MD, highlights her specialized sexual medicine practice that provides care to patients of all genders.

“Our study shows that these patients can immediately benefit from supervised exercise interventions to improve their sexual health and that exercise should be considered as an integral part of treatment for prostate cancer,” says Daniel Galvao, PhD.

"This landmark registry will facilitate more comprehensive knowledge of treatment and management [of Peyronie's disease] using real-world evidence," said Mohit Khera, MD.

“Because this was the largest trial ever of testosterone replacement therapy, although the primary point of the trial was cardiovascular safety, we embedded within the trial several efficacy and other sub studies,” says A. Michael Lincoff, MD.

“For this population of patients…testosterone replacement therapy does appear to be safe from a cardiovascular standpoint,” says A. Michael Lincoff, MD.

Urologists and other medical professionals can begin using the code on January 1, 2024 to facilitate the reimbursement of Li-ESWT involving the corpus cavernosum.