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Creative-dynamic image synthesis: a useful addition to the treatment options for impotence

International Journal of Impotence Research volume 13, pages 268–274 (2001)Cite this article

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In contrast to the impressive advances made in somatic research on erectile dysfunction, psychogenic erectile dysfunction is usually treated as a monolithic block. In this study, we evaluated the erectogenic power of creative-dynamic image synthesis in men with psychogenic erectile dysfunction. Sixty-nine men with a mean age of 46 y, suffering from erectile dysfunction of no known organic cause, were entered in a placebo-controlled study in which the erectogenic power of imagination, yohimbine and a placebo were compared. There was a significant difference between the subjective results of creative-dynamic image synthesis (75% increase of potency) and those achieved through treatment with the drug yohimbine (55% increase in potency) and with a placebo (30% increase in potency). Creative-dynamic image synthesis is a potent initiator of erections in men with psychogenic erectile dysfunction, has no known side effects and is very cost-effective.

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  1. Department of Urology, University Medical Center of Cologne, Cologne, Germany

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  2. Munich Working Group on Psychoanalysis (MAP), Munich, Germany

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Sommer, F., Obenaus, K. & Engelmann, U. Creative-dynamic image synthesis: a useful addition to the treatment options for impotence. Int J Impot Res 13, 268–274 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.ijir.3900729

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