🎥 IJIR video: Sarah Michael on soft glans after penile prosthesis surgery. 80 men surveyed: soft glans was common (63.3%), linked to lower sexual enjoyment; nearly 80% wanted treatment. Full article: rdcu.be/fraIi @sarah_michael97 @manchesterandro @VaibhavModgil

🎥 IJIR author video: penile vibratory stimulation after nerve-sparing radical prostatectomy. In this pilot, preferred settings were 5 min, 1 mm and 90 Hz; 14/19 users were satisfied and no adverse effects occurred. Read: rdcu.be/fsieJ #IJIR #Urology #SexualMedicine

🎥 IJIR author video: @ahmettevfikal on MISTs for LUTS/BPH. Take-home: no single “best” MIST. Treatment should be individualized to anatomy, sexual function & expectations. Read: www.nature.com/articles/s41... @drserefoglu @SpringerNature #IJIR #BPH #Urology

The 2025 Journal Impact Factor scores are out: IJIR: Your Sexual Medicine Journal remains stable at 2.5. IJIR is ranked 54/134 (Q2) in Urology & Nephrology. Congratulations to the entire @yoursexmedjour community. #IJIR #ImpactFactor #SexualMedicine #Urology #AcademicPublishing

Happy birthday to Ege Can Şerefoğlu, Editor-in-Chief of IJIR 🎉 Wishing you a fantastic day and another successful year of leadership in sexual medicine and urology. Thank you for all you do for the journal and the wider academic community. @drserefoglu #HappyBirthday #SexualMedicine #Andrology

📣 Call for Papers: Sexuality in a Changing World IJIR invites submissions for a special issue on Sexuality in a Changing World, in collaboration with the European Federation of Sexology and guest edited by Esben Esther Pirelli Benestad and Stefano Eleuteri. Details: www.nature.com/ijir/authors...

A study on dimensions of sexual self-concept and sexual dysfunctions in middle-aged men, based on data from the Bavarian Men’s Health-Study. Read more: rdcu.be/fiMFR @VHMeissner #SexualMedicine #MensHealth #SexualDysfunction #SexualSelfConcept #MiddleAgedMen #Andrology

Comparative study evaluating Microsoft Copilot and Google Search in answering patient inquiries about infertility. Read more: rdcu.be/fiMuG #SexualMedicine #Infertility #ArtificialIntelligence #MicrosoftCopilot #GoogleSearch

Happy birthday to the Deputy Editor-in-Chief of #IJIR @drMarcoFalcone1 🎉 Wishing you a fantastic day and continued success in all your clinical, academic, and editorial work. With thanks for your energy, leadership, and contribution to the IJIR team. #HappyBirthday #SexualMedicine #EditorialTeam

Patient-centered outcome data to penile cancer care, examining how oncologic treatment pathways may intersect with postoperative sexual function. Read more: www.nature.com/articles/s41... #IJIR #SexualMedicine #PenileCancer #UroOncology #SexualFunction #ReconstructiveUrology #MensHealth #Urology

Meet the Editor: Ege Can Serefoglu, MD, Editor-in-Chief of IJIR. Based at Biruni University School of Medicine, Turkey, Dr Serefoglu is an internationally active leader in sexual medicine, andrology, and urology. #MeetTheEditor #EditorInChief #SexualMedicine #Andrology #Urology

How pre-consult educational tools may support counseling, streamline clinical encounters, and improve the patient information pathway in vasectomy care. Read more www.nature.com/articles/s41... #SexualMedicine #Vasectomy #MensHealth #PatientEducation #SharedDecisionMaking #Urology

At #EAU26, Dr Wai Gin (Don) Lee contributed to the ESU Gender Affirming Surgery Course, covering primary and revision penile/testicular prosthetics, with discussion on staging and vascular pedicle choice in masculinizing genital #genderaffirmingsurgery. @Uroweb @UrowebESU @donwglee rdcu.be/fg6wv

At #EAU26, @drMarcoFalcone1 contributed to the ESU Gender Affirming Surgery Course, covering metoidioplasty, phalloplasty, peri-operative care, and complication management in masculinizing genital gender-affirming surgery. @Uroweb @UrowebESU www.nature.com/articles/s41... #GenderAffirmingSurgery

Meet the Editor: Liliana Guadagni, MD joins IJIR as Social Media Editor. Her main interests include gender-affirming surgery, clinical outcomes research, and reconstructive urology. #IJIR #MeetTheEditor #Urology #SexualMedicine #ReconstructiveUrology

At #EAU26, the ESU Gender Affirming Surgery Course addressed vaginoplasty options, peri-operative care, complications, and revision/salvage surgery. An important teaching session from @Uroweb and @UrowebESU. www.nature.com/articles/s41... #GenderAffirmingSurgery #Vaginoplasty #ReconstructiveUrology

At #EAU26, Federica Passarelli reported that sperm retrieval in men with NOA and AZFc microdeletion was achievable in 1 in 5 cases, with FSH, Johnsen score, and favorable histology emerging as independent predictors of success. @Uroweb www.nature.com/articles/s41... #MaleInfertility #Andrology #NOA

At #EAU26, I. Uluç reported that a novel Hormonal Spermatogenic Index (HSI) may help predict #microTESE success in men with NOA, with presented data showing 93.5% specificity at an HSI cut-off of 0.126 and an 80% retrieval rate @Uroweb www.nature.com/articles/s41... #MaleInfertility #Andrology

At #EAU26 @FaustoNegri reported that in men with primary infertility, poorer semen parameters were associated with higher BMI and testicular function. @Uroweb More on infertility: nature.com/articles/s41... #IJIR #Urology #MaleInfertility #Andrology #SemenAnalysis

👏 Congratulations to Simone Cilio, MD, (A.O.U. San Giovanni di Dio e Ruggi d'Aragona) — IJIR Reviewer of the Month (April2026). Thank you for helping uphold rigorous peer review in sexual medicine. Interested in reviewing for IJIR? 👉️ www.nature.com/ijir/authors... #reviewerofthemonth @simo_cilio

#EAU26 highlight: @FaustoNegri presented “Second semen analysis after first assessment” @Uroweb @SanRaffaeleMI Newest IJIR paper on semen analysis: nature.com/articles/s41... #Urology #MaleInfertility #Andrology #SemenAnalysis

At #EAU26, Y. Fang presented an AI-enhanced #microTESE model for smart detection of spermatogenic tubules, reporting 95.2% blinded-test accuracy and 93.8% cross-temporal recognition across 119 patients @Uroweb Read more: www.nature.com/articles/s41... #MaleInfertility #Andrology

At #EAU26, @edoardopozziMD reported that testicular volume was the strongest real-world predictor of compromised spermatogenic reserve. @Uroweb @SanRaffaeleMI More on testicular function: www.nature.com/articles/390... #IJIR #Urology #MaleInfertility #Andrology #TesticularFunction

Meet the Editor: Edoardo Pozzi, MD (Associate Editor, IJIR). UniSR (Milan) urology trainee with transatlantic andrology experience—currently affiliated with the University of Miami (Desai Sethi Urology Institute). @unisr.bsky.social @univmiami.bsky.social #IJIR #SexualMedicine #Andrology #Urology

At #EAU26, S. Luján Marco presented “From PI-RADS to Te-RADS,” highlighting how testicular MRI biomarkers may help reduce futile surgery @Uroweb More on non-obstructive azoospermia: www.nature.com/articles/s41... #IJIR #Urology #MaleInfertility #Andrology #NOA #TesticularMRI

At #EAU26, Luciano Favorito reported that high-fat diet-induced obesity was associated with important structural alterations in testicular morphology, @Uroweb More on diet effect on fertility: www.nature.com/articles/iji... #MaleInfertility #Andrology #HighFatDiet #Obesity

At #EAU26, Z. Zhang presented “Single-Cell Transcriptomic Landscape of Spermatogenic Abnormalities in Diabetes,” @Uroweb More on diabetes and infertility: www.nature.com/articles/s41... #IJIR #Urology #MaleInfertility #Andrology #Diabetes #Spermatogenesis

At #EAU26, Marco Oddo reported that in men with primary infertility, poorer semen parameters were associated with higher BMI and testicular function. @Uroweb @marco_oddo_ More on infertility: www.nature.com/articles/s41... #IJIR #Urology #MaleInfertility #Andrology #SemenAnalysis

At #EAU26, @Raffodoc reported that men undergoing vasectomy in Barcelona before and after the COVID-19 pandemic showed no significant differences in contraceptive patterns @Uroweb More on #SexualHealth and #COVID: rdcu.be/e9dMw #IJIR #Urology #Andrology #Vasectomy

#EAU26 highlight: @marco_oddo_ presented “Second semen analysis after first assessment” @Uroweb @SanRaffaeleMI Newest IJIR paper on semen analysis: www.nature.com/articles/s41... #Urology #MaleInfertility #Andrology #SemenAnalysis

Meet the Editor: Afonso Morgado, MD, FECSM — Associate Editor, IJIR. Head of the Andrology Unit at ULS São João (Porto, Portugal); PhD work at the University of Porto on male hypogonadism and erectile dysfunction. #IJIR #SexualMedicine #Andrology #Urology #MensHealth #ClinicalResearch

#EAU26 highlight: @marco_oddo_ presented “Second semen analysis after first assessment” @Uroweb @SanRaffaeleMI Newest IJIR paper on semen analysis: www.nature.com/articles/s41... #Urology #MaleInfertility #Andrology #SemenAnalysis

At #EAU26, M.G. Asmundo presented “Seminal Microbiote Shifts After Varicocele Treatment,” @Uroweb @unict_it More on #SemenAnalysis after #Varicocele treatment: www.nature.com/articles/s41... #IJIR #Urology #Andrology #Varicocele

At #EAU26, Ciro Piccolo presented “Inflammatory signatures and sperm concentration in fertile and infertile men: an age-stratified cohort analysis,”@Uroweb @SanRaffaeleMI More on sperm concentration: www.nature.com/articles/s41... #Urology #MaleInfertility #Andrology #SpermConcentration

At #EAU26, Park H.J. presented “Comparative Effects of Finasteride and Dutasteride on Semen Parameters in Young Men with Androgenic Alopecia,” @Uroweb More on semen analysis in young men: www.nature.com/articles/s41... #IJIR #Urology #Andrology #SemenAnalysis #MensHealth

At #EAU26, Ciro Piccolo presented “Age-stratified metabolic, endocrine, and immune profiling in primary male infertility,” @Uroweb @SanRaffaeleMI More on male infertility: rdcu.be/e8ZGd #IJIR #Urology #MaleInfertility #Andrology #InfertilityEvaluation

At #EAU26, D. Yagudaev presented “Organ-preserving surgery and intraoperative lymphoscintigraphy in urethral cancer management,”. @Uroweb More on intraoperative oncologic evaluation: rdcu.be/e8UF6 #IJIR #Urology #UrethralCancer #OncologicUrology #Lymphoscintigraphy

Meet the Editor: Kareim M. Khalafalla, MD, FECSM (Associate Editor, IJIR) — urologist focused on andrology/male infertility and men’s sexual medicine, based at Qatar University and Hamad Medical Corporation (Qatar). #IJIR #SexualMedicine #Andrology #Urology #MaleInfertility #MensHealth

At #EAU26, F. Chierigo presented “Dorso-lateral preputial graft augmentation in panurethral stricture by penile invagination,” @Uroweb @ASST_PaoloCarlo More on urethroplasty: rdcu.be/e8QYN #Urology #Urethroplasty #ReconstructiveUrology

At #EAU26, @LeonKarapanos presented “Urethroplasty using double-face buccal mucosa grafts for obliterative penile urethral strictures involving the fossa navicularis,” @Uroweb More on distal #UrethralStricture: rdcu.be/e8QVC #Urology #Urethroplasty

M.C. Conde Redondo (Valladolid, ES) presented “Glansectomy and Neoglans Reconstruction Using a Free Skin Graft.” More on glansectomy: rdcu.be/e8QQ6 #EAU26 #Urology #PenileCancer #Glansectomy #NeoglansReconstruction #ReconstructiveUrology #OncologicUrology

Video highlight from #EAU26: A.J. Bochinski, Leicester (GB), presented “Diode LASER for the management of PeIN in the outpatient setting – a single centre experience,” Related IJIR paper on penile lesion management: www.nature.com/articles/s41... #Urology #PeIN #PenileCancer #LaserTherapy

#EAU26 poster highlight: “3D documentation of complex penile deformities in Peyronie’s disease – an experimental analysis of 2 devices” (Ruggeri, Italy) @uroweb More on penile curvature evaluation: www.nature.com/articles/390... #Urology #PeyroniesDisease #PenileCurvature #Andrology

EAU26 poster highlight (P0183): ASCVD score in suspected vasculogenic ED—risk stratification helps align ED severity with broader cardiovascular prevention needs and supports integrated referral pathways. #EAU26 #Urology #Andrology #SexualMedicine #ErectileDysfunction #ASCVD #UroSoMe

Meet the Editor: Murat Gul, MD (Associate Editor, IJIR) Selcuk University (Urology), with prior andrology fellowship training at the University of Copenhagen / Juliane Marie Centre (Rigshospitalet). Focus: male infertility + male sexual dysfunction. @ucph.bsky.social #IJIR #SexualMedicine #Andrology

Video highlight from #EAU26: Emanuele Zupo (Turin) presented Outcomes of adult acquired buried penis reconstruction: a multicentre retrospective cohort study, highlighting multicentre outcome data in adult acquired buried penis reconstruction. #Urology #ReconstructiveUrology #BuriedPenis #Andrology

EAU26 poster highlight: post-vasectomy pain syndrome and vasectomy complications—real-world tertiary-centre experience to inform counselling and risk stratification after no-scalpel vasectomy. IJIR paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41... EAU: @uroweb.org #EAU26 #Urology #Andrology #Vasectomy #PVPS

#EAU26 poster highlight: feasibility of robot-assisted microsurgical vasovasostomy using Symani™ with a 4K 3D exoscope (Cedars-Sinai). More on vasectomy reversal: www.nature.com/articles/s41... @uroweb.org #Urology #Andrology #MaleInfertility #Vasovasostomy

EAU26 poster highlight: Long learning curve in gender-affirming inflatable penile prosthesis insertion—supports structured training, mentorship, and quality monitoring for this complex reconstructive pathway (New Victoria Hospital, London). More on transgender penile implants: rdcu.be/e8niT #EAU26

EAU26 poster highlight: ZSI 475 FTM penile implants following phalloplasty — multicentre retrospective cohort (Levy) IJIR paper: rdcu.be/e8fhU #EAU26 #Urology #ReconstructiveUrology #GenderAffirmingSurgery #Phalloplasty #PenileProsthesis #UroSoMe