A pilot phase-II prospective study to test the 'efficacy' and tolerability of a penile-extender device in the treatment of 'short penis'

BJU International

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 793-797

  Gontero, Paolo ^a   Di Marco, Massimiliano ^a   Giubilei, Gianluca ^a   Bartoletti, Riccardo ^a   Pappagallo, Giovanni ^a   Tizzani, Alessandro ^a   Mondaini, Nicola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Penile dysmorphophobia; Penile extender; Penile size; Short penis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFECT SIZE; HUMAN; MALE; MALE GENITAL TRACT MALFORMATION; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PENILE EXTENDER; PENIS; PENIS ERECTION; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SHORT PENIS; THERAPY EFFECT;

EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PENILE ERECTION; PENIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX COUNSELING; TRACTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 61349170100     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2008.08083.x     Document Type: Article

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