Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: conditions such as advanced age, diabetes mellitus, obesity, and dyslipidemia, which create a hypoxic microenvironment in erectile tissues (2).In their study evaluating Peyronie's disease in patients aged 40 years, Tefekli et al. (3) reported that more than half of the cases had at least one of the risk factors for vascular disease.Today, there is a significant increase in the prevalence of obesity and obesity-related health problems directly related to changing Engin Kölükçü, Kenan Yalçın, Fatih Fırat What's known on the subject? and What does the study add?Peyronie's disease is a wound-healing disorder characterized by penile pain, curvature, and sexual dysfunction.The pathophysiology of Peyronie's disease involves an abnormal healing pattern in response to trauma within the tunica albuginea.Clinical conditions, including hypertension, dyslipidemia, and diabetes mellitus, can increase the incidence of Peyronie's disease by creating a hypoxic microenvironment in erectile tissues.A body shape index (ABSI) is a recent anthropometric measurement of visceral adiposity.This study is the first to define ABSI as a new independent risk factor for Peyronie's disease.We believe that considering ABSI during follow-up and treatment protocols for Peyronie's disease will offer important innovations in andrology practice.
Source: Journal of Urological Surgery
Authors: Engin Kölükçü, Kenan Yalçın, Fatih Fırat
Institution: Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa Üniversitesi
Language: English
Subfield: Psychiatry and Mental health
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4402172320