Peyronie’s Disease A Comprehensive Guide /

This book aims to provide specialists and practitioners with a reliable source of information on all aspects of Peyronie’s disease, which is too often still considered a mysterious condition. The focus is in particular on those aspects of the disease that are most hotly debated, including etiology,...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Cavallini, Giorgio. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Paulis, Gianni. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
Edition:1st ed. 2015.
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-17202-6
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Anatomy of the penis, with special attention to the tunica albuginea and the corpora cavernosa
  • Epidemiology
  • Etiology and risk factors
  • Nosology
  • Natural history
  • Experimental models and laboratory research
  • Symptoms, their physiopathology, and outpatient clinical practice and diagnosis
  • Congenital and acquired penile curvature: relationships and differences
  • Psychological aspects of Peyronie’s disease
  • Imaging
  • Therapy: a general approach
  • Medical therapy
  • Combination therapy
  • Surgical therapy: Why and when? An overview
  • Advanced techniques of plication surgery with basal approach: Why and when?
  • Corporoplasty: Why and when?
  • Plaque surgery: Why and when?
  • Surgical techniques for difficult and complicated cases.- Future perspectives.  .