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Sexual medicine reviews · Oct 2017
ReviewEfficacy and Safety of Sildenafil in Men With Sexual Dysfunction and Spinal Cord Injury.
Spinal cord injury (SCI) is estimated to affect approximately 276,000 individuals in the United States. Since 2010, the mean age of individuals at the time of the SCI has been 42 years, with nearly 80% of cases involving men. This means that individuals with SCI generally are young men who typically place a great deal of importance on normal sexual and reproductive function. ⋯ Sildenafil significantly improves erections, intercourse success, and ejaculation frequency vs placebo, including in men with complete SCI. Sildenafil is an effective and well-tolerated treatment for sexual dysfunction in men with SCI. The increase in frequency of ejaculation could allow the possibility of having children without medical intervention in this patient population. Ohl DA, Carlsson M, Stecher VJ, Rippon GA. Efficacy and Safety of Sildenafil in Men With Sexual Dysfunction and Spinal Cord Injury. Sex Med Rev 2017;5:521-528.