Testosterone and Male Sexual Function

Logan B Galansky; Jason A Levy; Arthur L Burnett

doi:10.1016/j.ucl.2022.07.006

Testosterone and Male Sexual Function

Urol Clin North Am. 2022 Nov;49(4):627-635. doi: 10.1016/j.ucl.2022.07.006. Epub 2022 Oct 7.

Authors

Logan B Galansky¹, Jason A Levy², Arthur L Burnett³

Affiliations

¹ Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Brady Urological Institute, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, 600 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA. Electronic address: lgalans1@jhmi.edu.
² Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Brady Urological Institute, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, 600 North Wolfe Street Park 2, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA.
³ Oncology Center, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Brady Urological Institute, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, 600 North Wolfe Street, Marburg 407, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA; Johns Hopkins Clinical Research Network, 1830 Monument Street, Suite 328, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.

PMID: 36309419
DOI: 10.1016/j.ucl.2022.07.006

Abstract

This article reviews the role of testosterone in normal male sexual anatomic development and function, the consequences of low testosterone on sexual function, and clinical standards for health care providers treating hypogonadal men with sexual dysfunction.

Keywords: Ejaculatory dysfunction; Erectile dysfunction; Low libido; Male sexual function; Testosterone.

Published by Elsevier Inc.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Erectile Dysfunction*
Humans
Libido
Male
Sexual Dysfunction, Physiological* / drug therapy
Sexual Dysfunction, Physiological* / etiology
Testosterone / therapeutic use

Substances

Testosterone