Reinventing the Selfie: Telemedicine in a Tertiary Referral Sexual Medicine Practice

February 2018 in “ The journal of sexual medicine ”

V. Trofimenko, A J Winter, Rita Rubin, Irwin Goldstein

telemedicine photo-augmented tele-consultations Peyronie's disease erectile dysfunction sexual dysfunctions

TLDR Telemedicine is effective for sexual medicine consultations.

The study analyzed 428 tele-consultation encounters in a tertiary referral sexual medicine practice over one month, revealing over 5000 encounters annually. It focused on the feasibility of photo-augmented tele-consultations, with 31 (7.2%) encounters including graphic files. Of these, 12 (39%) were from male patients and 19 (61%) from female patients, with patients from 7 US states and 2 European countries. Diagnoses included Peyronie's disease, erectile dysfunction, and other sexual dysfunctions. Reasons for tele-consultation were mainly questions about physical diagnosis (23%), prescribed treatments (23%), and results (54%). The study demonstrated the potential of telemedicine in sexual medicine, despite the sensitive nature of the conditions.

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