Source details
- Authors
- M. Özer; Floyd W. Timmermans
- Journal or source
- International Journal of Impotence Research
- Year
- 2020
- DOI or authoritative URL
- 10.1038/s41443-019-0223-y
- Study type
- Prospective referral cohort
- Population or material studied
- 11 adult patients seeking consultation; heterogeneous nonsurgical practices were reported.
- Major findings
- The cohort documented increased glans-covering penile tissue among some participants practicing long-term nonsurgical tension.
- Limitations
- Eleven-person referral cohort; no control group; heterogeneous methods; no standardized tension dose; no validated objective outcome scale. Duration and coverage observations cannot be presented as a timeline.
- Relevance to restoration
- This is limited direct restoration evidence. It does not establish average effectiveness, a protocol, sexual outcomes, or complication rates.
- Source-review status
- Abstract reviewed
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-11
The cohort documented increased glans-covering penile tissue among some participants practicing long-term nonsurgical tension.
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