A 57-year-old male comes to the clinic complaining that when he has an erection his penis curves and becomes painful. The patient's diagnosis is identified as severe Peyronie's disease. The nurse should be aware of what likely treatment modality?
A) Physical therapy
B) Treatment with PDE-5 inhibitors
C) Intracapsular hydrocortisone injections
D) Surgery
Ans: D
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Surgical removal of mature plaques is used to treat severe Peyronie's disease. There is no potential benefit to physical therapy and hydrocortisone injections are not normally used. PDE-5 inhibitors would exacerbate the problem.
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