Creative-dynamic image synthesis: a useful addition to the treatment options for impotence.
In contrast to the impressive advances made in somatic research on erectile dysfunction, psychogenic erectile dysfunction is usually treated as a monolithic block. In this study, we evaluated the erectogenic power of creative-dynamic image synthesis in men with psychogenic erectile dysfunction. Sixty-nine men with a mean age of 46 y, suffering from erectile dysfunction of no known organic cause, were entered in a placebo-controlled study in which the erectogenic power of imagination, yohimbine and a placebo were compared. There was a significant difference between the subjective results of creative-dynamic image synthesis (75% increase of potency) and those achieved through treatment with the drug yohimbine (55% increase in potency) and with a placebo (30% increase in potency). Creative-dynamic image synthesis is a potent initiator of erections in men with psychogenic erectile dysfunction, has no known side effects and is very cost-effective.
Sommer
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Department of Urology, University Medical Center of Cologne, Germany. Frank.Sommer@uni-koeln.de
Obenaus
K
K
Engelmann
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U
D000317:Adrenergic alpha-Antagonists / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000328:Adult; D007172:Erectile Dysfunction / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007092:Imagination; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011602:Psychophysiologic Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000379:methods*; D012723:Sex; D015016:Yohimbine / Q000627:therapeutic use*
D000317:Adrenergic alpha-Antagonists; D015016:Yohimbine