Association between Use of Exogenous Testosterone Therapy and Risk of Venous Thrombotic Events among Exogenous Testosterone Treated and Untreated Men with Hypogonadism

Article ID	Journal	Published Year	Pages	File Type
3858580	The Journal of Urology	2016	8 Pages	PDF

Abstract

No significant association was found between exogenous testosterone therapy and incidents of idiopathic or overall venous thrombotic events in men with hypogonadism. However, some discrepant findings exist for the association between injectable formulations and the risk of overall venous thrombotic events.

Keywords

VTE ETT FDA Pulmonary embolism Testis Venous thrombosis Deep vein thrombosis DVT testosterone Food and Drug Administration Incidence rate Hypogonadism