(510) Do Patients with Peyronie’s Disease Perceive Penile Curvature Differently than the General Population?

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Abstract Introduction Perception of penile curvature (PC) varies widely, and correction of PC is in the eye of the beholder. Objective We sought to investigate if patients with Peyronie’s Disease (PD) had differing opinions on correction of PC compared to general andrology (AD) patients without PD and general urology (URO) patients. Methods A cross-sectional survey was administered to adult patients in andrology and general urology clinics at 3 geographically separate institutions. Patients were grouped with having PD vs AD vs URO conditions. The survey consisted of unlabeled images of penis models with varying degrees of PC (range 10-90°). Respondents were asked to select the images they would want surgically corrected. Univariable and multivariable analyses were performed to identify demographic variables associated with willingness to consider correction. Results Ninety-four PD, 106 AD, and 302 URO patients were recruited. When comparing the 3 groups, besides obvious gender differences with PD patients, PD patients were less in 25-34 age range and more in 55-64 age range (p=0.01 and p=0.007). PD was less represented in Mid-Atlantic (p<0.001). 8% of PD, 12% of AD, and 20% of URO patients chose not to surgically correct any degree of PC (p=0.001). Among those who endorsed willingness to surgically correct PC, the average threshold for correction was 52.5° (SD 13) for PD, 37.2° (SD 29.5) for AD, and 51.0° (SD 19.9) for URO patients. When comparing PD patients with AD patients, no difference in the decision to surgically correct was found (p=0.42). This was also found to be the case when comparing PD with URO (p=0.46) and PD+AD patients vs URO (p=0.67). On univariable analysis, among AD patients, those ages 55-64 were more willing to undergo PC correction at lower degrees of PC (p=0.03) but did not hold up on multivariable analysis (p=0.40). No other demographic factors among PD and AD groups were found to have an impact on willingness to undergo PC correction (Table 1). Conclusions No significant differences were seen in the decision to surgically correct PC when comparing the perspectives of patients with PD, AD, and URO. Roughly 10% of all of these patients would defer on surgical management of any degree of PC. Despite having PC, no demographic differences were seen among PD patients’ willingness to correct PC. Disclosure No