Menʼs Health Disorders

Acute Bacterial Prostatitis

Coker, T. J., & Dierfeldt, D. M. (2016). Acute bacterial prostatitis: diagnosis and management. American Family Physician, 93(2), 114-120. https://www.aafp.org/afp/2016/0115/p114.html

Gilbert, D. N., Eliopoulos, G. M., Chambers, H. F., & Saag, M. S. (Eds.). (2019). The Sanford Guide to Antimicrobial Therapy 2019. Antimicrobial Therapy.

Gill, B. C., & Shoskes, D. A. (2016). Bacterial prostatitis. Current Opinion in Infectious Disease, 29(1), 86-91. doi: 10.1097/QCO.0000000000000222

Hollier, A. (Ed.) Acute bacterial prostatitis. In Clinical Guidelines in Primary Care. (3rd ed.). Advanced Practice Education Associates.

Rees, J., Abrahams, M., Doble, A., & Cooper, A. (2015). Diagnosis and treatment of chronic bacterial prostatitis and chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome: A consensus guideline. BJU International, 116(4), 509-525. doi: 10.1111/bju.13101

Turek, P.J. (2019). Prostatitis treatment & management. Medscape. https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/785418-treatment

Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia

American Urological Association. (2018; Amended 2019). Benign prostatic hyperplasia: surgical management of benign prostatic hyperplasia/lower urinary tract symptoms. https://www.auanet.org/guidelines/benign-prostatic-hyperplasia-(bph)-guideline

Barry, M. J., Fowler, F. J., O’Leary, M. P., et al. (2016). The American Urological Association symptom index for benign prostatic hyperplasia. The Journal of Urology, 197, S189-S197. DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2016.10.071

Dahm, P., Brasure, M., MacDonald, R., et. al. (2017). Comparative effectiveness of newer medications for lower urinary tract symptoms attributed to benign prostatic hyperplasia: a systematic review and meta-analysis. European Urology, 71, 570-581. doi: 10.1016/j.eururo.2016.09.032

Deters, L. A. (2019). Benign prostatic hyperplasia. Medscape. https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/437359

Langan, R. C. (2019). Benign prostatic hypertrophy. Primary Care Clinical Office Practice, 46, 223-232. doi: 10.1016/j.pop.2019.02.003

Song, Q., Abrams, P., & Sun, Y. (2019). Beyond prostate, beyond surgery and beyond urology: The 3Bs of managing non-neurogenic male lower urinary tract symptoms. Asian Journal of Urology, 6, 169-173. doi: 10.1016/j.ajur.2017.11.002

Vlachopoulos, C., Oelke, M., Maggi, M., Mulhall, J. P., Rosenberg, M. T., Brock, G. B., & Büttner, H. (2015). Impact of cardiovascular risk factors and related comorbid conditions and medical therapy reported at baseline on the treatment response to tadalafil 5 mg once‐daily in men with lower urinary tract symptoms associated with benign prostatic hyperplasia: An integrated analysis of four randomized, double‐blind, placebo‐controlled, clinical trials. International Journal of Clinical Practice, 69(12), 1496-1507. doi: 10.1111/ijcp.12722

Chronic Prostatitis

Coker, T. J., Dierfeldt, D. M. (2016). Acute bacterial prostatitis: diagnosis and management. American Family Physician. 15; 93 (2):114-120. https://www.aafp.org/afp/2016/0115/p114.html

Gilbert, D. N., Eliopoulos, G. M., Chambers, H. F., & Saag, M. S. (Eds.). (2019). The Sanford Guide to Antimicrobial Therapy 2019. Antimicrobial Therapy, Inc.

Gill, B. C., Shoskes, D.A. (2016). Bacterial prostatitis. Current Opinion in Infectious Disease, 29(1), 86-91. doi: 10.1097/QCO.0000000000000222

Kramer, S. D. (2019). Chronic bacterial prostatitis. Medscape. https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/458391

Rees, J., Abrahams, M., Doble, A., Cooper, A. (2015). Diagnosis and treatment of chronic bacterial prostatitis and chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome: a consensus guideline. BJU International, 116(4), 509-525. doi: 10.1111/bju.13101

Turek, P. J. (2019). Prostatitis treatment & management. Medscape. https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/785418-treatment

Cryptorchidism

American Urological Association. (2014). Evaluation and treatment of cryptorchidism. http://www.auanet.org/guidelines/cryptorchidism-(published-2014)

Hollier, A. (Ed.). (2018). Cryptorchidism. In Clinical Guidelines in Primary Care. (3rd ed.). Advanced Practice Education Associates.

Kolon, T. F., Herndon, C. A., Baker, L. A., et al. (2014). Evaluation and treatment of cryptorchidism: AUA guideline. The Journal of Urology, 192(2), 337-345. DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2014.05.005

Radmayr, C., Dogan, H. S., Kocvara, J. M., et al. (2016). Management of undescended testes: European Association of Urology/European Society for Paediatric Urology Guidelines. Journal of Pediatric Urology, 12(6), 335-343.

Schneuer F. J., Milne E., Jamieson S. E., et al. (2018). Association between male genital anomalies and adult male reproductive disorders: a population-based data linkage study spanning more than 40 years. Lancet Child Adolescent Health; 2, 736-743. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2352-4642(18)30254-2

Epididymitis

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2015). Sexually transmitted diseases treatment guidelines. Epididymitis. MMWR Recommendations and Reports 64(No. RR-3):1-137. https://www.cdc.gov/std/tg2015/epididymitis.htm

Ching, C. B. (2018). Epididymitis. Medscape. https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/436154

DiMare, M. (2018). Acute epididymitis. Medscape. https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/777181-overview77181

Gilbert, D. N., Eliopoulos, G. M., Chambers, H. F., & Saag, M. S. (Eds.). (2019). The Sanford Guide to Antimicrobial Therapy 2019. Antimicrobial Therapy, Inc.

McConaghy, J. R., Panchal, B. (2016). Epididymitis: an overview. American Family Physician. 4(9):723-726.

Erectile Dysfunction

Algeffari, M., Jayasena, C. N., MacKeith, P., et al. (2018). Testosterone therapy for sexual dysfunction in men with Type 2 diabetes: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Diabetic Medicine, 35(2):195-202. doi: 10.1111/dme.13553

American Urological Association. (2018). Erectile dysfunction: AUA guideline. https://www.auanet.org/guidelines/erectile-dysfunction-(ed)-guideline

Kim, E.D. (2018). Erectile dysfunction. Medscape. https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/444220-overview

Mazzilli, R., Angeletti, G., Olana, S., et al. (2018). Erectile dysfunction in patients taking psychotropic drugs and treated with phosphodiesterase-5 inhibitors. Archives of Italian Urology, 90(1):44-48. doi: 10.4081/aiua.2018.1.44

Rew, K. T., & Heidelbaugh, M. D. (2016). Erectile dysfunction. American Family Physician, 94(10), 820-827.

Hydrocele

Acer-Demir, T., Ekenci, B. Y., Özer, D., Turanoğlu, M. A., et. al. (2018). Natural history and conservative treatment outcomes for hydroceles: A retrospective review of one center's experience. Urology, 112, 155-160. Doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2017.10.003

Hollier, A. (Ed.). (2018). Hydrocele. In Clinical Guidelines in Primary Care. (3rd ed.). Advanced Practice Education Associates.

Park, J. C. (2018). Hydrocele. Medscape. https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/438724-overview

Stonier, T., Simson, N., & Challacombe, B. (2017). Diagnosing testicular lumps in primary care. Practitioner, 261(1803), 13-17.

Tekgül, S., Dogan, H. S., Hoebeke, P., et al. (2014). European Association of Urology. Guidelines on pediatric urology. http://uroweb.org/guideline/paediatric-urology

Hypospadias

Gatti, J. M. (2019). Hypospadias. Medscape. https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1015227-overview

Hula, X, Hu, R, Hu, C, Li, F, Jiang, W, & Zhang, X. (2018). Associations between hypospadias, cryptorchidism, and anogenital distance: Systematic review and meta-analysis. Andrologia, 50(10): e13152. Doi: 10.1111/and.13152

Manuela, R., Sunni, C., Patil, K., Taghizadeh, A., & Garibaldi, A. (2019). Foreskin reconstruction at the time of single-stage hypospadias repair is it a safe procedure? International Urology and Nephrology, 51(2):187-191. 10.1007/s11255-018-2043-2

Wong, Y, Tam, Y, Pang, K, & Yau, H. (2018). Incidence and diagnoses of disorders of sex development in proximal hypospadias. Journal of Pediatric Surgery, 53(12):2498-2501. doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2018.08.010

Phimosis

Burns, C., Dunn, A., Brady, M., & Barbaer-Starr, N. (2019). Burns’ Pediatric Primary Care (7th ed.). Elsevier.

Ghory, H. Z. (2017). Phimosis and paraphimosis. Medscape. https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/777539-overview

McCance, K., & Huether, S. (2014). Pathophysiology: The Biologic Basis for Disease in Adults and Children (7th ed). Mosby.

Moreno, G., Corbalán, J., Peñaloza, B., & Pantoja, T. (2014). Topical corticosteroids for treating phimosis in boys. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. (9):CD008973. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD008973.pub2

Ozdemir, T., Sayan, A., Candon, B., Orhan, G., & Koyluoglu, G. (2019). Secondary phimosis after circumcision. Turkish Journal of Urology, 45(2):135-138.

Singh, L., Sengar, M., Goyal, S., Mansi, M., Khurana, N., & Mohta, A. (2018). Childhood phimosis secondary to lichen sclerosis: Is there a spatial pattern of histopathological changes. The American Journal of Dermatopathology, 40(11):824-828. doi: 10.1097/DAD.0000000000001248

Sookpotarom, P., Asawutmangkul, C., Srinithiwat, B., Leethochawalit, S., & Vejchapipat, P. (2013). Is half strength of 0.05 % betamethasone valerate cream still effective in the treatment of phimosis in young children? Pediatric Surgery International, 29(4), 393-396. Doi: 10.1007/s00383-012-3253-9

Prostate Cancer

Brooks, D. D., Wolf, A. M., Dash, C., & Guessous, I. (2010). Prostate cancer screening 2010: updated recommendations from the American Cancer Society. Journal of the National Medical Association, 102(5), 423. doi: 10.1016/s0027-9684(15)30578-2

Chaitoff, A., Killeen, C., & Nielsen, C. (2018). Men’s health 2018: BPH, prostate cancer, erectile dysfunction, supplements. Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine, 85(11): 9. doi: 10.3949/ccjm.85a.18011

Hamdy, F. C., Donovan, J. L., Lane, J. A., Mason, M., Metcalfe, C., Holding, P., & Oxley, J. (2016). 10-year outcomes after monitoring, surgery, or radiotherapy for localized prostate cancer. New England Journal of Medicine, 375(15), 1415-1424. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1606220

Litwin, M. & Tan, H. (2017). The diagnosis and treatment of prostate cancer: a review. Journal of the American Medical Association, 317(24):2532-2542. doi: 10.1001/jama.2017.7248

Lughezzani, G., Lazzeri, M., Haese, A., McNicholas, T., de la Taille, A., Buffi, N. M., & Mistretta, A. (2014). Multicenter European external validation of a Prostate Health Index–based nomogram for predicting prostate cancer at extended biopsy. European Urology, 66(5), 906-912. doi: 10.1016/j.eururo.2013.12.005

Mottet, N., Belmont, J., Bella, M., Biers, E., Cumberbatch, M., DeSantis, M., Fossati, N., Gross, T., Henry, A., Joniau, S., Lam, T., Mason, M., Matveev, V., Moldovan, P., Van Den Bergh, R., Van Den Brock, T., van der Powel., H., van der Keats, T., Rouviere, O., Schoots, I., Wiegel, T., & Cornford, P. (2016). EAU-ESTRO-SIOG Guidelines on prostate cancer. Part 1: Screening, diagnosis, and local treatment with curative intent. European Association of Urology, 7:618-629. doi: 10.1016/j.eururo.2016.08.003

Skolarus, T. A., Wolf, A., Erb, N. L., Brooks, D. D., Rivers, B. M., Underwood, W., & Wittmann, D. A. (2014). American Cancer Society prostate cancer survivorship care guidelines. CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, 64(4), 225-249. https://doi.org/10.3322/caac.21234

Spermatocele

Burns, C., Dunn, A., Brady, M., & Barbaer-Starr, N. (2019). Burns’ Pediatric Primary Care (7th ed.). Elsevier.

Goroll, A. & Mulley, A. (2020). Primary Care Medicine. Office Evaluation and Management of the Adult Patient. (8th ed.). Lippincott, Wilkins, & Williams.

Pais, V. M. (2019). Spermatocele. Medscape. https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/443432-overview

Testicular Cancer

Adra, N. & Einhorn, L. (2017). Testicular cancer update. Clinical Advances in Hematology and Oncology, 15(5):386-396.

Mir, M., Pavan, N., & Gonzalo, M. (2016). Current clinical applications of testicular cancer biomarkers. Urological Clinics, 43:119-125. doi: 10.1016/j.ucl.2015.08.011.

Sachdeva, K. (2019). Testicular cancer. Medscape. https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/279007-overview

Smith, Z., Werntz, R., & Eggener, S. (2018). Testicular cancer – epidemiology, diagnosis, and management. Medical Clinics, 102(2):251-264. doi: 10.1016/j.mcna.2017.10.003

Testicular Torsion

Hazeltine, M., Panza, A., & Ellsworth, P. (2017). Testicular torsion: Current evaluation and management. Urological Nursing, 37(2):61-71, 93. doi: 10.7257/1053-816X.2017.37.2.61

Jordan, K. (2016). Presentation of testicular torsion in emergency department. Advanced Emergency Nursing Journal, 38(4):295-299. doi.org/10.1097/TME.0000000000000119

Osumah, T., Jimbo, M., Granberg, C., & Gargollo, P. (2018). Frontiers in pediatric testicular torsion: an integrated review of prevailing trends and management outcomes. Journal of Pediatric Urology, 14(5):394-401. doi.org/10.1016/j.jpurol.2018.07.002

Ta, A., D’Arcy, F., Hong, N., D’Arcy, J. & Lawrentshuk, N. (2016). Testicular torsion and the acute scrotum: current and emergency management. European Journal of Emergency Medicine, 23(3):160-165. doi.org/10.1097/MEJ.0000000000000303

Varicocele

Brannigan, R. (2017). Introduction varicocele: a contemporary perspective. Fertility and Sterility, 108(3):361-363. doi.org/10.1016/j.fertnstert.2017.07.1161

Johnson, D. & Sandlow, J. (2017). Treatment of varicocele: techniques and outcomes. Fertility and Sterility, 108(3): 378-384. doi.org/10.1016/j.fertnstert.2017.07.020

White, W. M. (2019). Varicocele. Medscape. https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/438591-overview