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Assessment and evaluation protocol for surgical treatment of impotence

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In the past ten years, significant advances have been made in the treatment of male sexual impotence, both psychotherapeutically and surgically. Awareness of these advances has produced conomitant demands for effective application of these methods to a growing number of candidates. A valuable contribution to this effort is the use of an appropriate package of psychological assessment instruments. The rationales for such a package are diagnostic, prognostic, rehabilitative, and evalauative. In addition, it can help to generate some valuable research data on the nature of male sexual function and dysfunction. Psychological assessment is an established part of psychotherapeutic and behavioral approaches to the treatment of erectile failure.1,2 Recently, it has also been acknowledged as an important factor in surgical intervention3,4 and an important adjunct to physiological measurement of erectile capacity.5,4

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The author gratefully acknowledges the cooperation and contributions of Paul H. Lange, M.D., and Arthur D. Smith, M.D., of the Department of Urologic Surgery, University of Minnesota Medical School, and of Theodore M. Cole, M.D., now head of the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Michigan Medical School.

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Maddock, J.W. Assessment and evaluation protocol for surgical treatment of impotence. Sex Disabil 3, 39–49 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01102601

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