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Clinical observation of dapoxetine combined with percutaneous neuromuscular electrical stimulation in the treatment of primary premature ejaculation

Bing Xu, Yong-zhan Gong, Kai-Feng Liu, Sheng-min Zhang, Shao Zhang, Panyan Zhu, Zi-Hao Wang, Pengjie Lu et al.

Zhonghua nan ke xue = National journal of andrology, 2023

60 participants · 2 citations

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the clinical efficacy of dapoxetine combined with transcutaneous neuromuscular electrical stimulation (TNES) in the treatment of primary premature ejaculation.

METHODS: A total of 60 patients who met the diagnostic criteria for primary premature ejaculation were selected as study subjects and randomly divided into a dapoxetine group (control group) and a dapoxetine combined with percutaneous neuromuscular electrical stimulation group (observation group).30 patients in each group were treated for 4 weeks. Intravaginal ejaculatory latency time (IELT), the score of Premature Ejaculation Diagnostic Tool (PEDT), sympathetic skin response located in the penis (PSSR), Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9), and Generalized Anxiety Disorder Questionnaire (GAD-7) before and after treatment were recorded in the two groups. Before and after treatment, the difference in observed indexes in the two groups and the comparison of effective rates between the two groups were analyzed.

RESULTS: The latency of IELT and PSSR was prolonged and the PEDT score was decreased in both the observation group and the control group, the difference was statistically significant (P 0.05).

CONCLUSION: Dapoxetine combined with TNES has a better clinical effect than dapoxetine alone in the treatment of primary premature ejaculation, and can be used as an effective option for clinical treatment of primary premature ejaculation.

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