Risk Factors for Peyronie's Disease in Patients Submitted to the Nesbit Procedure
| Main Authors: | da Silveira Antoniassi, Thiago, Cesar Fava Spessoto, Luis, Roberto G.Filho, Jose, Matias Monteiro Cavalcante, Vinícius, Andrade da Silva, Etore, Fernanda W. Facio, Maria, Ferraz de Arruda, Laisa, Ferraz de Arruda Neto, Jerônimo, Germano F. Arruda, José, José F. Arruda, Germano, Gatti, Marcio, Francisco F. Arruda, Pedro, Nestor Facio Junior, Fernando |
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| Format: | Article eJournal |
| Bahasa: | eng |
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, 2016
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https://zenodo.org/record/3349233 |
Daftar Isi:
- Peyronie's disease is a benign disease of unknown etiology. The objective of this study was to evaluate factors associated to Peyronie's disease in patients submitted to the Nesbit surgical procedure. Patients and We conducted a retrospective study in 67 patients through a descriptive analysis of patients submitted to the Nesbit surgical procedure in Hospital de Base in Sao Jose do Rio Preto. Results: The main factors associated with Peyronie's disease found in this study were smoking (46.2%), hypertension (41.7%) and excessive alcohol consumption (25.3%). Most patients took some type of medication daily, in particular antihypertensive drugs. Significant associations were found with smoking, hypertension and alcohol abuse.Read Complete Article at ijSciences: V52016061073 AND DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18483/ijSci.1073