Guidelines for general practitioners for first-line management of erectile dysfunction (updated 2010)

Abstract

The first version of these guidelines for first-line management of a patient with erectile dysfunction in general practice was created with the support of the French Inter-University Hospital Sexology Association (AIHUS), based on an idea by its chairperson, Pierre Costa. The guidelines were financially supported by the French Urology Association (AFU), the French-language Andrology Society (SALF), the French Clinical Sexology Society (SFSC) and the International French-language Society for Urodynamics and Pelviperineology (SIFUD-PP) in 2005. The working method used was as described in the guide “Les recommandations pour la pratique clinique–Bases méthodologiques pour leur réalisation en France” (Clinical practice guidelines–Methodological basis for creating guidelines in France), published in 1999 by ANAES. They were updated in 2009–2010, using the same methodology.