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Growers versus showers: a meaningful (or useful) distinction?

International Journal of Impotence Research volume 30, pages 355–356 (2018)Cite this article

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Yafi et al. have conducted a study that will be of great interest to the lay community and also of import to practicing urologists who routinely encounter patients with concerns about the appearance of their phallus [1]. In one study 14% of men expressed dissatisfaction with their genitals with flaccid penile length being the most common source of dissatisfaction [2]. The concerns of such men tend to be the perception that their penis is small, or at least smaller than the penises of other men.

The population under study in this manuscript is men with ED, so whether or not these results apply to other men is unclear. It is unlikely that a study of this nature (i.e. duplex ultrasound and penile injection) could be conducted outside the setting of ED patient so the authors have worked with as reasonable a research protocol as possible.

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Shindel, A.W. Growers versus showers: a meaningful (or useful) distinction?. Int J Impot Res 30, 355–356 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41443-018-0070-2

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