Surgical Management for Peyronie's Disease

Surgical Management for Peyronie's Disease

Peyronie's disease is a common debilitating condition for both men and their partners that results in penile deformity and compromises sexual functioning. While there are a myriad of medical therapeutic options, these have not been demonstrated to correct the deformity and restore sexual function definitively. As such, surgery is the mainstay of treatment for this disease, and multiple surgical...

Treatment of Peyronies Disease (pd) by Extracorporeal Shock Waves (esw)

Surgical management of ulcer disease.

Surgical management of patients who have acid peptic ulcers requires a firm understanding of the technical options and an even firmer grasp of the anatomic, physiologic, and pathophysiologic relationships of the organs involved. This is a constellation of problems in which the surgeon needs to be far more than a technician. The wealth of information discovered on this subject, from the clinical...

Surgical management of thyroid disease.

The surgical management of thyroid disease and its indications continue to evolve. Selecting the appropriate management can often be challenging to both physician and patient. This article describes the surgical management of various thyroid pathologies. Using contemporary guidelines and clinical experience a framework for selecting appropriate surgical treatment is provided.

Surgical excision in Bowen’s disease

Background: Bowen’s disease is a form of intraepidermal squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) characterised by a persistent, non-elevated, red, scaly or crusted plaque with a small potentialfor invasive malignancy. Most cases of typical Bowen’s disease in the white population are found on the lower legs of the elderly women. H...