Penile traction therapy in Peyronie's disease

Penile traction therapy has traditionally been implemented to increase penile length but has recently been investigated for reducing the curvature associated with Peyronie's disease. The results of a few initial investigations have been conflicting, and further research is needed to confirm the...

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Autor principal: Greenfield, Jason M
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medicine Reports Ltd 2009
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Review Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2924711/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20948744
http://dx.doi.org/10.3410/M1-37
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description Penile traction therapy has traditionally been implemented to increase penile length but has recently been investigated for reducing the curvature associated with Peyronie's disease. The results of a few initial investigations have been conflicting, and further research is needed to confirm the true benefit of such therapy and its potential role in treating Peyronie's disease as both a monotherapy and in combination with other therapeutic options.
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spelling pubmed-29247112010-10-14 Penile traction therapy in Peyronie's disease Greenfield, Jason M F1000 Med Rep Review Article Penile traction therapy has traditionally been implemented to increase penile length but has recently been investigated for reducing the curvature associated with Peyronie's disease. The results of a few initial investigations have been conflicting, and further research is needed to confirm the true benefit of such therapy and its potential role in treating Peyronie's disease as both a monotherapy and in combination with other therapeutic options. Medicine Reports Ltd 2009-05-08 /pmc/articles/PMC2924711/ /pubmed/20948744 http://dx.doi.org/10.3410/M1-37 Text en © 2009 Medicine Reports Ltd http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/legalcode This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. You may not use this work for commercial purposes
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Penile traction therapy in Peyronie's disease
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title_full Penile traction therapy in Peyronie's disease
title_fullStr Penile traction therapy in Peyronie's disease
title_full_unstemmed Penile traction therapy in Peyronie's disease
title_short Penile traction therapy in Peyronie's disease
title_sort penile traction therapy in peyronie's disease
topic Review Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2924711/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20948744
http://dx.doi.org/10.3410/M1-37
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