Efficacy evaluation of thickened condom in the treatment of premature ejaculation

BACKGROUND: This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of thickened condoms in the treatment of premature ejaculation. METHODS: From August to December 2021, patients with premature ejaculation treated in the Urology and Andrology Center of the First Affiliated Hospital of Medical College of Zhejiang University were selected for a clinical controlled study. A total of 100 patients with premature ejaculation were enrolled as the premature ejaculation group and 30 normal men as the control (normal married men, age <30 years, normal sexual life). Each patient’s ejaculation latency, contraceptive safety, comfort, glans sensitivity, dorsal nerve conduction velocity, serum reproductive hormone level, penile hardness, and penile erection were measured in the premature ejaculation and normal control groups. RESULTS: The comfortability associated with thickened condoms in the premature ejaculation group was poor (P<0.05). After using a thickened condom, the time to ejaculate of the premature ejaculation group was significantly prolonged (P<0.05). Meanwhile, the penis vibration threshold increased significantly, indicating that the nerve sensitivity decreased (P<0.05). In the premature ejaculation group, the total erection time and the average hardness of coronary sulcus in the thickened condom group were significantly higher than those in the ordinary condom group (P<0.05), and the serum androgen level could be significantly increased after using the thickened condom (P<0.05). CONCLUSIONS: The thickened condom can effectively maintain and prolong the hyperemia state of the penis and enhance the intensity of penile erection. Thickened condoms physically preserve and extend the time of penile erection, resist and overcome premature ejaculation, and improve the ejaculation condition to improve the quality of sexual intercourse.