ReviewInternational journal of impotence research2022
Li-Eswt improves hemodynamic parameters thus suggesting neoangiogenesis in patients with vascular erectile dysfunction.
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- Efficacy of low-intensity pulsed ultrasound (LIPUS) in the treatment of erectile dysfunction: a systematic review.International urology and nephrology · 2026Pooled it
- Extracorporeal shock wave therapy for erectile dysfunction: rethinking study design, implementation, and analysis.British medical bulletin · 2025Pooled it
- Sexual distress in patients after radical cystectomy for bladder cancer: a qualitative study.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2026Article
- Efficacy of low-intensity extracorporeal shock wave therapy for erectile dysfunction: updated meta-analysis of randomized trials.Future science OA · 2025Review
- Impact of low-intensity extracorporeal shockwave therapy on vascular parameters and sexual function in patients with arteriogenic erectile dysfunction.Asian journal of andrology · 2024Observational
- News and future perspectives of non-surgical treatments for erectile dysfunction.International journal of impotence research · 2023Review
- Low-intensity shockwave therapy improves baseline erectile function: a randomized sham-controlled crossover trial.Sexual medicine · 2023Article
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Abstract
Extracorporeal treatment with low intensity shock-wave therapy (LI-ESWT) is a recently introduced non-invasive method which purposes the restoration of the pathophysiological alterations at the base of vasculogenic ED in male patients. The evidence in favour of the neoangiogenic potential of this treatment derived from in vitro studies and on animal models. The purpose of this study, in which the Power Doppler method was applied, is to demonstrate 'objectively' the real efficacy of LI-ESWT at the level of the microcirculation of the corpora cavernosa (neoangiogenesis) in patients affected by vasculogenic ED. Data from this study show, for the first time, that LI-ESWT treatment promotes neovascularisation of the functional arteries in patients affected by vasculogenic ED.
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