Penile Traction Therapy (Penile Lengthening Device)

Abstract

Recently, men with even normal-sized penis are increasingly interested in penile augmentation or lengthening surgery. Although these surgical procedures give additional penile length compared to original size and some satisfaction with new lengthening penis, surgical treatment can result in serious complications including troublesome anatomical deformities and erectile functional changes. Since men who are considering lengthening of the penis are concerned about postsurgical complications, it is a challenge to perform a surgical procedure. Therefore, much less invasive medical treatment such as penile traction therapy should be applied firstly than surgical modalities. Outcome of penile traction therapy using penile traction device is similar with gaining length from usual surgical procedure, but adverse events are reported nearly none except mild traction pain. Candidates for penile lengthening devices could not be listed definitely, but it might be candidates in case of shortened penis after retropubic surgery or Peyronie’s disease, before penile prosthesis reinsertion and adjuvant therapy after penile lengthening surgery. Since the research data about penile traction therapy in safety and efficacy are still insufficient at the present time, there is a need for scientific research to perform prospective randomized clinical trials on large cohorts. All of the men who applied penile traction device did not gain satisfactory penile length, but this may be helpful to the patients who want penile lengthening therapy without serious complication.