SynthesisBioMed research international2016
Acupuncture for Erectile Dysfunction: A Systematic Review.
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18 citing papers in PubMed, 33 citations in OpenAlex.
- A narrative review of acupuncture for sexual dysfunction: perspective of traditional Chinese medicine.Translational andrology and urology · 2024Review
- The correlation between premature ejaculation and a high incidence of erectile dysfunction and its research progress: a narrative review.Translational andrology and urology · 2024Review
- Management of Male Infertility with Coexisting Sexual Dysfunction: A Consensus Statement and Clinical Recommendations from the Asia-Pacific Society of Sexual Medicine (APSSM) and the Asian Society of Men's Health and Aging (ASMHA).The world journal of men's health · 2024Review
- An Acupuncture Protocol for the Treatment of Erectile Dysfunction: A Delphi Process.Complementary medicine research · 2024Article
- Impact of ejaculation upon effect of acupuncture on chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome: Secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial.Integrative medicine research · 2023Article
- The Effectiveness of Auriculotherapy on Women's Sexual Function: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Iranian journal of psychiatry · 2022Article
- Cardiovascular/Stroke Risk Assessment in Patients with Erectile Dysfunction-A Role of Carotid Wall Arterial Imaging and Plaque Tissue Characterization Using Artificial Intelligence Paradigm: A Narrative Review.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- The Efficacy of Acupuncture on Patients with Erectile Dysfunction: A Review.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2022Review
- Effect of Foot Reflexology on Sexual Function of Patients under Hemodialysis: A Randomized Parallel Controlled Clinical Trial.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2021Article
- Alternative medicine and herbal remedies in the treatment of erectile dysfunction: A systematic review.Arab journal of urology · 2021Review
- Interventions to Treat Erectile Dysfunction and Premature Ejaculation: An Overview of Systematic Reviews.Sexual medicine · 2019Review
- Acupuncture for Treatment of Erectile Dysfunction: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.The world journal of men's health · 2019Article
- The safety and efficacy of acupuncture for erectile dysfunction: A network meta-analysis.Medicine · 2019Article
- Investigation of Interactive Activity of Electro-Acupuncture on Pharmacokinetics of Sildenafil and Their Synergistic Effect on Penile Blood Flow in Rats.International journal of molecular sciences · 2018Article
- Combined treatment with sinomenine and acupuncture on collagen-induced arthritis through the NF-κB and MAPK signaling pathway.Oncology letters · 2018Article
- Traditional Chinese medical therapy for erectile dysfunction.Translational andrology and urology · 2017Review
- The effect of acupuncture on chemotherapy-associated gastrointestinal symptoms in gastric cancer.Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2017Article
- Erectile dysfunction treatment and traditional medicine-can East and West medicine coexist?Translational andrology and urology · 2017Review
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4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundAcupuncture is increasingly used to treat patients with erectile dysfunction (ED), and our systematic review aimed to evaluate the current evidence for the efficacy and safety of acupuncture in treating ED.
methodsAn electronic search was conducted in eight databases to identify randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of acupuncture for treating erectile dysfunction that were published in English and Chinese. The Cochrane Risk of Bias tool was used to assess the risk of bias.
resultsThree RCTs with a total of 183 participants met the inclusion criteria. One trial showed the beneficial effects of acupuncture compared with sham acupuncture while the others did not. One trial suggested that acupuncture combined with psychological therapy was superior to psychological therapy alone. However, the overall methodological and reporting quality of the studies was low. The safety of acupuncture for ED was unclear because there were too few reports on this topic.
conclusionThe available evidence supporting that acupuncture alone improves ED was insufficient and the available studies failed to show the specific therapeutic effect of acupuncture. Future well-designed and rigorous RCTs with a large sample size are required. This trial is registered with CRD42014013575.
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