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A medical treatment for erectile dysfunction involving injections into the penis.
Permanent penile injury from vacuum (penis) pump overuse is rare but possible; immediate medical attention is warranted for specific red flags including priapism (an erection >4 hours), severe or wors...
FDA‑approved vacuum erection devices (VEDs are Class II medical devices cleared for treating erectile dysfunction and for penile rehabilitation after prostate surgery . They are designed, tested and l...
after is proposed to preserve penile length and tissue oxygenation and to aid erectile-function recovery; most clinical trials show clearer benefit for penile-size preservation than for spontaneous-er...
(radical prostatectomy) commonly causes sexual side effects including , loss of ejaculate (dry orgasm), reduced fertility, and changes in orgasm and penile sensation, with severity varying by nerve pr...
is diagnosed when ejaculation consistently occurs earlier than a person or their partner wants, with loss of control and associated distress—definitions used by major bodies specify short latency (oft...
practices such as jelqing, vacuum pumps used informally, and manual stretching are widely promoted online but lack reliable evidence of lasting benefit and are repeatedly linked in the medical literat...
Scientific literature divides non-surgical penis‑enlargement claims into two camps: mechanical traction devices have small, low‑quality studies suggesting modest, time‑dependent length gains, while ma...
Pelvic floor muscle training (), including Kegels and guided pelvic physical therapy, is repeatedly shown in the literature to improve ejaculatory control, increase ejaculatory force, and help treat a...
Premature ejaculation (PE) is clinically described as ejaculation that occurs sooner than desired and causes distress for the patient and/or partner, with consensus definitions emphasizing timing (oft...
No randomized clinical trials have tested oral sodium bicarbonate (baking soda) as a treatment for erectile dysfunction against approved ED drugs or placebo; the existing clinical literature only docu...
Early vacuum erectile device (VED) use—started in the weeks after nerve‑sparing radical prostatectomy—and especially when combined with regular phosphodiesterase‑5 inhibitors (PDE5i) or intracavernosa...
A single, small randomized clinical trial from the early 1990s tested sodium bicarbonate in the context of intracavernosal injection therapy and found that adding bicarbonate to acidic injection solut...