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Patient’s choice of health information and treatment modality for Peyronie’s disease: a long term assessment

International Journal of Impotence Research volume 30, pages 274–275 (2018)Cite this article

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In the manuscript entitled 'Patient’s choice of health information and treatment modality for Peyronie’s disease: a long term assessment' by Bole et al. the authors evaluate which resources patients affected from Peyronie’s disease (PD) use to get information about their disease, and about available treatment options. Moreover, the authors assess subjective long-term treatment outcomes reported by patients with PD.

For this purpose, the authors conducted a survey of men diagnosed with PD at their institution from 1990–2012. N = 719 patients with PD were included in this study, of whom 162 responded. Despite its retrospective character and the 22.5% response rate, this study contains important information as it reports outcomes of a 22-year time-period. This is unique within the available literature, as such long-term data is lacking. Moreover, this study provides important information in understanding the bothers and treatment wishes of patients in the long-term of PD, as mean disease duration was 9.5 years.

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Hatzichristodoulou, G. Patient’s choice of health information and treatment modality for Peyronie’s disease: a long term assessment. Int J Impot Res 30, 274–275 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41443-018-0035-5

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