{"title":"Response to Comment on Trends and outcomes of hospitalized patients with priapism in Germany: results from the GRAND study.","authors":"Nikolaos Pyrgidis, Gerald B Schulz, Julian Marcon","doi":"10.1038/s41443-024-00986-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41443-024-00986-4","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14068,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Impotence Research","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142361473","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Child-like sex dolls: legal, empirical, and ethical perspectives","authors":"Jeanne C. Desbuleux, Johannes Fuss","doi":"10.1038/s41443-024-00979-3","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41443-024-00979-3","url":null,"abstract":"The review deals with the controversy surrounding the use of highly realistic dolls with a child-like appearance. It summarizes recent empirical findings and provides an overview of the different legal and ethical perspectives on this issue. Countries use different legal approaches to regulate the use or sale of child-like sex dolls. Although a causal link is assumed by some legislators between the prohibition of such dolls and the protection of children from sexual abuse, empirical studies do not support this causality. The imposition of bans will hinder empirical research on the potential use of alternative sexual outputs for people with paraphilic disorders.","PeriodicalId":14068,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Impotence Research","volume":"36 7","pages":"722-727"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2024-09-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.nature.com/articles/s41443-024-00979-3.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142346200","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Commentary on: Long-term experience with AMS-700 CXR inflatable penile prosthesis in high-risk patients with corporal fibrosis.","authors":"Rashed Rowaiee, Omar Almidani, Omer A Raheem","doi":"10.1038/s41443-024-00981-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41443-024-00981-9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14068,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Impotence Research","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2024-09-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142346201","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Commentary on: Can AI chatbots accurately answer patient questions regarding vasectomies?","authors":"Omar Almidani, Hend Alhosani, Omer A Raheem","doi":"10.1038/s41443-024-00982-8","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41443-024-00982-8","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14068,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Impotence Research","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2024-09-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142307737","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Response to Comment on: Patient out-of-pocket costs for guideline-recommended treatments for erectile dysfunction: a medicare cost modeling analysis","authors":"Vi Nguyen, Darshan P. Patel, Tung-Chin Hsieh","doi":"10.1038/s41443-024-00973-9","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41443-024-00973-9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14068,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Impotence Research","volume":"37 1","pages":"94-95"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2024-09-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.nature.com/articles/s41443-024-00973-9.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142307738","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
David A Velasquez, Daniel R Greenberg, Abigail Norling-Ruggles, Kyara M Marquez, Alexandra Aponte Varnum, Senthooran Kalidoss, Melanie A Izquierdo, Aaron Gurayah, Omer Raheem, Ranjith Ramasamy
{"title":"Changes in sexual behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic: insights from the General Social Survey.","authors":"David A Velasquez, Daniel R Greenberg, Abigail Norling-Ruggles, Kyara M Marquez, Alexandra Aponte Varnum, Senthooran Kalidoss, Melanie A Izquierdo, Aaron Gurayah, Omer Raheem, Ranjith Ramasamy","doi":"10.1038/s41443-024-00983-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41443-024-00983-7","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has had widespread implications on various aspects of life; however, there is a paucity of longitudinal data regarding its impact on sexual behavior. To assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on changes in frequency of sexual activity and partner dynamics in the United States, we utilized data from the General Social Survey (GSS). This biannual survey of adults in the United States, provided responses from 12,791 participants, enabling a comparative analysis of sexual behaviors between pre-COVID-19 (2016 and 2018, n = 5215 respondents) and COVID-19 periods (2021 and 2022, n = 7576 respondents). Sexual behavior was evaluated using variables \"sexfreq\" (frequency of sexual encounters) and 'partners' (number of sexual partners). Overall, the percentage of respondents reporting more than one sexual partner in the last year decreased from 13.8% pre-pandemic to 9.8% during the pandemic (p = 0.002). The percentage of participants who reported engaging in sexual activity at least monthly decreased from 63.9% pre-pandemic to 58.9% during the pandemic (p = 0.02), and those reporting at least weekly sexual activity also decreased from 35.8% to 30.6% (p = 0.001). On sub-group analysis, men showed no change in the frequency of sexual activity compared to pre-pandemic levels; however, men engaged with fewer partners, with a decrease from 18.6% reporting more than one sexual partner to 11.7% (p = 0.001). Among women, specifically non-married women, there was a significant decrease in frequency of sexual encounters-from 49.2% to 40.5% for sex at least once a month (p = 0.006) and from 29.2% to 21.1% for sex at least once a week (p = 0.001). Non-married women also showed a decrease in the number of sexual partners from 58.7% to 50.6% (p = 0.01) during the COVID-19 pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic significantly changed sexual behaviors and partner choices, leading to fewer sexual partners and less frequent sexual activity, particularly in non-married women.</p>","PeriodicalId":14068,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Impotence Research","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2024-09-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142286458","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Comment on article on complications of total vs partial penectomy","authors":"C. J. Shukla","doi":"10.1038/s41443-024-00976-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41443-024-00976-6","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Penile cancer is a rare malignancy in the western world, and is increasing in incidence [1,2,3]. Most primary and secondary care clinicians rarely manage this condition except in countries where such conditions and their management are centralised to subspecialist centres e.g. in the UK. The article by Vasqualez et al. [4] outlining the 30 day complications of Total Penectomy (TP) and Partial Penectomy (PP) is welcome. The authors utilise retrospective and historic data over a 10 year period from the NSQIP (National Surgical Quality Improvement Programme) database with data from various centres and surgeons’ outcomes. To-date there hasn’t been any data on direct comparison of these two surgeries and expected postoperative outcomes. Vasqualez et al. showed that TP is a more invasive procedure and has a greater risk of complications within 30 days of surgery as compared to PP [4].</p><p>Like most surgery involving malignancies, goals of oncological outcomes usually are paramount to those of functional outcomes. Survival is dictated largely by stage, with early detection and management, especially of recurrent disease or metastatic groyne disease being key to better survival.</p>","PeriodicalId":14068,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Impotence Research","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-09-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142266213","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Marcelo Mass Lindenbaum, David A Velasquez, Omer A Raheem
{"title":"Comment on: Trends and outcomes of hospitalized patients with priapism in Germany: results from the GRAND study.","authors":"Marcelo Mass Lindenbaum, David A Velasquez, Omer A Raheem","doi":"10.1038/s41443-024-00980-w","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41443-024-00980-w","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14068,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Impotence Research","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2024-09-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142286459","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Carmen Muñoz-Calahorro, Mariano José Parada-Blázquez, Cristina García-Sánchez, Leticia López-Arellano, Maria del Loreto Parra López, José María Lozano-Blasco, Rafael Antonio Medina-López
{"title":"Shorter prostatic urethral length in preoperative Magnetic Resonance Imaging is associated with higher risk of climacturia following robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy","authors":"Carmen Muñoz-Calahorro, Mariano José Parada-Blázquez, Cristina García-Sánchez, Leticia López-Arellano, Maria del Loreto Parra López, José María Lozano-Blasco, Rafael Antonio Medina-López","doi":"10.1038/s41443-024-00974-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41443-024-00974-8","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Climacturia is defined as the leakage of urine during orgasm and it is an adverse effect of radical prostatectomy. Our goal was to determine if various preoperative MRI pelvic floor measurements were associated with the risk of climacturia following robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy. For this purpose, we conducted a prospective study involving 57 patients who underwent robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy. MRI measurements were analysed by 2 urologists and 2 radiologists. Follow-up was carried out at 3, 6, and 12 months using the Parra orgasmic function questionnaire. We analysed all measurements, along with other patient, surgery, and tumour characteristics, classifying patients into two groups based on the presence or absence of climacturia. A logistic regression model was applied among statistically significant variables. STROBE recommendations were taken into consideration. Shorter prostatic urethral length was associated with higher risk of climacturia at 3 months, OR = 0.83 (95%CI 0.688–0.98) (p = 0.024). Patients with climacturia at 6 months had greater median urethral width [12.66 mm, interquartile range (IQR): 11.77–13.55 vs 12.13 mm, IQR 11.08–13.18] (p = 0.02). Patients with climacturia at 12 months had a higher proportion of preoperative lower urinary tract symptoms (57.14% vs. 20%) (p = 0.026). In the logistic regression, the history of lower urinary tract symptoms was associated with a higher risk of climacturia, OR = 6.07 (95% CI 1.342-26.03) (p = 0.023). In conclusion, shorter prostatic urethral length in preoperative MRI and a history of lower urinary tract symptoms were associated with a higher risk of climacturia following robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy.</p>","PeriodicalId":14068,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Impotence Research","volume":"9 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-09-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142191278","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Marco Falcone, Federica Peretti, Mirko Preto, Lorenzo Cirigliano
{"title":"Response to comment on: bioengineered dermal matrix (Integra®) reduces donor site morbidity in total phallic construction with radial artery forearm free-flap.","authors":"Marco Falcone, Federica Peretti, Mirko Preto, Lorenzo Cirigliano","doi":"10.1038/s41443-024-00975-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41443-024-00975-7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14068,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Impotence Research","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2024-09-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142125676","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}