Provision of Sexual Medicine Services During the Coronavirus Disease-2019 Pandemic: An Asia Pacific Society of Sexual Medicine Position Statement

Eric Chung; Bang-Ping Jiann; Koichi Nagao; Lukman Hakim; William Huang; Joe Lee; Haocheng Lin; Dung Ba Tien Mai; Quang Nyugen; Hyun-Jun Park; Yoshikazu Sato; Kavirach Tantiwongse; Yiming Yuan; Kwangsung Park

doi:10.1016/j.esxm.2020.06.012

Provision of Sexual Medicine Services During the Coronavirus Disease-2019 Pandemic: An Asia Pacific Society of Sexual Medicine Position Statement

Sex Med. 2020 Sep;8(3):325-326. doi: 10.1016/j.esxm.2020.06.012. Epub 2020 Aug 3.

Authors

Eric Chung¹, Bang-Ping Jiann², Koichi Nagao³, Lukman Hakim⁴, William Huang⁵, Joe Lee⁶, Haocheng Lin⁷, Dung Ba Tien Mai⁸, Quang Nyugen⁹, Hyun-Jun Park¹⁰, Yoshikazu Sato¹¹, Kavirach Tantiwongse¹², Yiming Yuan¹³, Kwangsung Park¹⁴

Affiliations

¹ AndroUrology Centre and University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Electronic address: ericchg@hotmail.com.
² Department of Urology, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
³ Department of Urology, Toho University, Tokyo, Japan.
⁴ Department of Urology, Airlangga University, Dr Soetomo Hospital, Surabaya, Indonesia.
⁵ Department of Urology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
⁶ National University Hospital, Department of Urology, Singapore.
⁷ Department of Urology and Andrology, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing, China.
⁸ Department of Urology, Binh Dan Hospital, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
⁹ Centre of Andrology, Department of Urology, Viet Duc University Hospital, Hanoi, Vietnam.
¹⁰ Pusan National University School of Medicine, Pusan National University Hospital, Busan, South Korea.
¹¹ Department of Urology, Sanjukai Hospital, Sapporo, Japan.
¹² Department of Urology, Chulalongkorn University Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand.
¹³ Andrology Centre, Peking University First Hospital, Peking University, Beijing China.
¹⁴ Department of Urology, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, South Korea.

Abstract

The coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has caused an unprecedented healthcare crisis with various governmental healthcare policies enforced to redirect medical prioritization and minimize the spread of COVID19 infection. Recognizing that the COVID-19 crisis will be protracted, it is important that clinicians and the healthcare industry continue to adapt existing resources and review contingency plan amidst this uncertain and difficult times. The Asia Pacific Society of Sexual Medicine supports ongoing precautionary healthcare measures implemented by various institutions and governmental policies to contain and eliminate COVID19 infection. Clinicians are encouraged to modify and adapt various strategies that will continue to provide, support, and treat sexual health-related conditions in a safe and efficient manner. Chung E, Jiann BP, Nagao L, et al. Provision of Sexual Medicine Services During the Coronavirus Disease-2019 Pandemic: An Asia Pacific Society of Sexual Medicine Position Statement. J Sex Med 2020;8:325-326.

Keywords: COVID-19; Safety; Sexual Medicine; Telehealth; Webinar.

Publication types

Review