Efficacy and safety evaluation of pentoxifylline associated with other antioxidants in medical treatment of Peyronie's disease: a case-control study.

Peyronie's disease (PD) is a chronic disorder involving the tunica albuginea surrounding the corpora cavernosa of the penis. A conservative treatment is indicated in the first stage of disease. The aim of this study was to assess the therapeutic impact and possible side effects of treatment with pentoxifylline (PTX) in combination with other antioxidants in 307 patients with early-stage PD.

Clinical and epidemiological characteristics of young patients with Peyronie's disease: a retrospective study.

The average age of men affected by Peyronie's disease (PD) is approximately 50-55 years, but cases have been reported even in adolescence. Several studies have already investigated the presence of PD in young men, and these studies reported a PD prevalence that varies between 1.5% and 10.

Role of renospermatic basal reflow and age on semen quality improvement after sclerotization of varicocele.

Objectives: To determine the relationship between renospermatic basal reflow at color Doppler ultrasound (CDU) evaluation and the improvement in seminal quality after sclerotization of varicocele, and the role of patients' age. No clear predictive factors are available for selecting patients who will show a better seminal improvement after varicocele correction.

Methods: Between 2002 and 2008 we selected 113 patients with left unilateral varicocele, meeting the criteria of low sperm density, no endocrinological failures and no varicocele recidivating.

Alterations in sperm motility after acute oral administration of sildenafil or tadalafil in young, infertile men.

Objective: To evaluate the acute effect of sildenafil and tadalafil on seminal parameters in young, infertile patients.

Design: Prospective, randomized, double-blind, crossover clinical investigation on semen parameters after the administration of a single dose of sildenafil (50 mg) or tadalafil (20 mg).

Setting: An academic hospital as well as a male infertility center and clinical andrology laboratories.

Smoking as a risk factor for erectile dysfunction: data from the Andrology Prevention Weeks 2001-2002 a study of the Italian Society of Andrology (s.I.a.).

Objective: To analyse the relationship between smoking and erectile dysfunction (ED).

Methods: To provide further data on this issue, we analysed information gathered from men attending a free andrologic consultation in 234 Italian medical centres, in the setting of a project focused on andrologic prevention. Men were asked about "their ability to achieve and maintain an erection sufficient for satisfactory sexual performance".

[Echo-color-Doppler in male pelvic congestion syndrome].

The pelvic congestion syndrome has been widely studied in the female sex, while there are not many publications on the male equivalent. Prostatitis represent the most frequent affections of the genito-urinary male tract that require the urologic consult, but in the majority of the cases the etiology of such affections remains unknown. Some forms of microscopic hematuria or macroscopic hematuria are also cryptogenetic.