International Journal of Impotence Research

IJIR: Your Sexual Medicine Journal addresses sexual medicine for both genders as an interdisciplinary field. This includes basic science researchers, urologists, endocrinologists, cardiologists, family practitioners, gynecologists, internists, neurologists, psychiatrists, psychologists, radiologists and other health care clinicians.

Clinical:

Design and methodology of clinical trials of men's and women's sexual dysfunction
Psychological assessment of sexual dysfunction
History and physical examination of men's and women's sexual dysfunction
Diagnostic testing (vascular, neurologic, endocrinologic, anatomic, psychologic, nocturnal engorgement/rigidity, genital tissue biopsy, etc.) of men's and women's sexual dysfunction


Treatment:

Primary care perspective in the treatment of men's and women's sexual dysfunction
Modification of reversible causes of men's and women's sexual dysfunction
Sex steroid therapies for men's and women's sexual dysfunction
Vacuum devices for men's and women's sexual dysfunction
Psychotherapy in the treatment of men's and women's sexual dysfunction
Oral vasoactive agents for the treatment of men's and women's sexual dysfunction
Topical treatment for men's and women's sexual dysfunction
Intra-urethral and intracavernosal therapy for erectile dysfunction
Penile prosthesis for the treatment of erectile dysfunction
Microvascular arterial bypass surgery/Venous leak surgery for erectile dysfunction


Basic science:

History of men's and women's sexual dysfunction
Epidemiology of men's and women's sexual dysfunction
Anatomy (gross and microscopic) of men's and women's sexual function
Animal models used in the study of men's and women's sexual dysfunction
Vascular physiology of men's and women's genital arousal
Neurophysiology of men's and women's sexual function
Central nervous system control of men's and women's sexual function
Endocrinology of men's and women's sexual function
Molecular biologic studies in men's and women's sexual function
Pharmacologic studies in men's and women's sexual function
Risk factors for men's and women's sexual dysfunction
Iatrogenic men's and women's sexual dysfunction


Special problems:

Peyronie's disease of tunica albuginea (penile and clitoral)
Priapism of penis and clitoris
Diabetes mellitus and men's and women's sexual dysfunction
Chronic renal failure and men's and women's sexual dysfunction
Spinal cord injury and men's and women's sexual dysfunction
Blunt trauma and men's and women's sexual dysfunction
Pelvic cancer treatments and men's and women's sexual dysfunction
Causes and treatment of men's and women's ejaculatory/orgasmic disorders
Causes and treatment of men's and women's sexual pain disorders
Gene modification and therapy
Genital lengthening/girth enhancement surgery