Review Article
Overview of Contemporary Penile Rehabilitation Therapies
Table 1
Summary table of penile rehabilitation trials.
| Authors | Year published | Treatment regiment | Study design | | Significant findings |
| Schwartz
et al. | 2004 | QOD
PDEi | Prospective | 21 | No
loss of smooth muscle in 50 mg group, gain of smooth muscle in 100 mg group |
| Bannowski
et al. | 2008 | Daily
PDEi | Prospective, randomized
control | 41 | Treatment
group had significantly higher IIEF and higher spontaneous erection rates |
| McCullough et al. | 2008 | Daily
PDEi | Prospective,
randomized, placebo control | 54 | Treatment
groups had higher return of rigidity, higher rate of spontaneous erections |
| Raina
et al. | 2006 | Daily
VED | Prospective,
randomized control | 109 | Improved
sexual satisfaction, higher rate of spontaneous erections |
| Köhler
et al. | 2007 | Daily
VED (10 mins), immediate versus delayed | Prospective,
randomized | 28 | Delayed
use of VED did not affect sexual satisfaction once use began. There is no
statistical significance in penile shrinkage once VED started |
| Montorsi et al. | 1999 | ICI 3
times weekly | Prospective,
randomized control | 30 | Higher
percentage of treatment group having spontaneous erections |
| Mulhall et al. | 2005 | ICI
or PDEi to achieve erections 3 times weekly | Prospective, control | 132 | Treatment
groups had 2.7 times the rate of spontaneous erections, statistically higher
IIEF scores |
| Nandipati et al. | 2006 | Daily
PDEi and ICI 2-3 times week | Prospective | 22 | Assisted
early sexual activity and satisfaction.
Addition of PDEi allows lower dose of ICI. |
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