TY - JOUR
AU - Jannini, Emmanuele A.
AB - EXPERT OPINION 1,2 1 1,3 3 Elena Colonnello, MD, Andrea Sansone, MD, PhD, Hui Zhang, MD, Yan Zhang, MD, and Emmanuele A. Jannini, MD Key Words: Prematue Ejaculation; Subclinical Premature Ejaculation; Loss of Control Over Erection and Ejacula- tion; Definition Although the scientific production regarding premature ejacu- definition is used in research and experimental protocols, could lation (PE) has sharply increased in relatively recent years, there be considered, from a clinical perspective, an interesting alterna- is still a vibrant debate gravitating around its current definitions. tive to the other mainstream taxonomies. However, it should be Overall, definitions have widely changed across the years, having considered that the same strict temporal criteria which are neces- been continuously depleted of, or enriched with, various criteria. sary to adequately recognize individuals with PE (and therefore for example, the number of coital thrusts was not considered in guide towards treatment) do not seem universally adequate. the most recent definitions, while the partner’s distress, although The use of patient-reported outcomes (PROs), such as the Pre- 3 10 not always mentioned explicitly, was somewhat included. Such mature Ejaculation Diagnostic Tool (PEDT), can provide “unfinished business”, using the words stolen from a seminal additional information. Still, 
TI - Towards a Universal Definition of Premature Ejaculation
JF - The Journal of Sexual Medicine
DO - 10.1016/j.jsxm.2022.05.003
DA - 2022-06-22
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/towards-a-universal-definition-of-premature-ejaculation-GidbZq2R2y
SP - 1717
EP - 1720
VL - 19
IS - 12
DP - DeepDyve
ER -