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The branch of medicine dealing with the study of diseases of the urinary system in males and females, and the reproductive system in males.
Macropenis is a medical label for an abnormally large penis, used when size falls outside expected population norms or when enlargement causes functional problems; authors of surgical and urology lite...
Accurate penile measurement is a technique-sensitive task best performed on a fully erect penis using a rigid ruler pressed to the pubic bone for length and a soft measuring tape around mid-shaft for ...
A small but clear body of clinical reporting and reviews indicates that unsafe or excessive use of vacuum/traction devices can injure penile tissues and, in at least one documented case, appear to hav...
Anal prostate stimulation can be safe when approached with deliberate hygiene, appropriate equipment, slow technique, informed consent and basic clinical awareness; these measures reduce risks such as...
Circumferential acquired macropenis is a rare, recently codified syndrome of symptomatic, symmetric penile girth increase that can impair penetration and sexual function; most reported cases follow pr...
Recreational urethral sounding carries both short-term and potentially long-term risks to urinary and sexual health: infections, urethral trauma that can evolve into strictures or fistulae, and rare b...
Most clinical guides and doctors’ websites recommend measuring penis girth by wrapping a flexible tape or non-stretch string once around the erect shaft at its thickest point (commonly mid‑shaft or ba...
Prostate massage for benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) is a controversial, low‑evidence intervention that some clinicians and patient reports link to short‑lived symptom relief and ductal drainage, w...
Evidence is mixed but leans toward an association between smaller measured penile length and prevalent erectile dysfunction (ED) in clinic populations, while subjective perceptions of smallness can wo...
Penis pumps (vacuum erection devices) are widely used short-term treatments for erectile dysfunction and usually produce temporary side effects such as bruising, numbness, skin petechiae, swelling and...
Researchers measure penile length using several different techniques—most commonly skin-to-tip (STT) or bone-to-tip (BTT) landmarks—and they often rely on a stretched flaccid (SFL) measurement as a pr...
Penis pumps — vacuum erection devices (VEDs) — reliably produce temporary erections by drawing blood into the penis and can help many men have sex when other methods fail, but they are not a cure for ...
Clinician‑measured penis size data are published mainly in peer‑reviewed urology, sexual medicine and men’s health journals and are systematically collated in systematic reviews and nomogram papers su...
Penis pumps produce temporary engorgement and improved erections but do not produce proven, permanent increases in penile length; clinical and consumer sources state the erection created typically las...