ReviewSexual medicine2021
The Use of Penile Traction Devices for Peyronie's Disease: Position Statements from the European Society for Sexual Medicine.
Review in Sexual medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Who cites it
9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 10 citations in OpenAlex.
- Non-surgical therapies for Peyronie's disease.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2023Pooled it
- Active Peyronie's disease as an early antifibrotic treatment window: a translational review.Sexual medicine · 2026Review
- Beyond curvature: harmonized endpoints and adherence-adjusted analysis in nonsurgical Peyronie's disease.Translational andrology and urology · 2026Article
- Guideline of guidelines: Peyronie's disease.BJU international · 2026Review
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- Penile prosthesis implantation is safe and effective in Peyronie's disease patients with and without erectile dysfunction.International journal of impotence research · 2025Article
- The effect of penile traction device in men with Peyronie's disease on penile curvature, penile length, and erectile dysfunction: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Translational andrology and urology · 2023Article
- European Society of Sexual Medicine consensus statement on the use of animal models for studying Peyronie's disease.Sexual medicine · 2023Article
- Pathological Significance of Macrophages in Erectile Dysfunction Including Peyronie's Disease.Biomedicines · 2021Review
Corrections and comments
- Erratum issued
Authors and funding
10 authors at 8 institutions in 5 countries.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
introductionPenile traction therapy (PTT) aims to non-surgically reduce curvature, enhance girth, and recover lost length. Available clinical practice guidelines however lack clear recommendations regarding their use.
aimTo present a comprehensive review and recommendation regarding the available evidence to the use of PTT in Peyronie's disease (PD).
methodsA systematic literature search was performed on Pubmed and Medline for relevant studies from all times until 2019. Studies of PTT (monotherapy and in combination) in patients with PD with any documented degree of curvature and in either the acute or chronic phase of the disease were included. Full texts not published in English language were excluded. MAIN OUTCOMES MEASURES: Several scenarios, including preclinical data have been investigated. For each topic covered evidence was analyzed and expert opinion was stated.
resultsThe paucity of high-level studies precluded any strong recommendations, however, specific statements on this topic, summarizing the ESSM position, were provided. The available data about the use of PTT in PD are still poor, and the impact of this therapy for the treatment of PD has not been clearly stablished. Available data in the clinical setting are still poor, and the impact of these devices on PD evolution has not been clearly established.
conclusionPTT seems to be a valid treatment option for PD, although there is not enough evidence to give any definitive recommendation in any clinical scenario. García-Gómez B, Aversa A, Alonso-Isa M et al. The Use of Penile Traction Devices for Peyronie's Disease: Position Statements from the European Society for Sexual Medicine. Sex Med 2021;9:100387.
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