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Trial reportResearch and reports in urology2021

A Randomized, Single-Blinded Clinical Trial Evaluating the Effect of Extracorporeal Shockwave Treatment (ESWT) as Add-On Therapy to Vacuum Erectile Device on Peyronie's Disease.

Jonas Mortensen, Sune Møller Skov-Jeppesen, Peter Bill Juul Ladegaard, Lars Lund

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Trial report in Research and reports in urology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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6citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 16% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Non-surgical therapies for Peyronie's disease.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jonas MortensenDepartment of Urology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark.
Sune Møller Skov-JeppesenDepartment of Urology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark.
Peter Bill Juul LadegaardDepartment of Urology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark.
Lars LundDepartment of Urology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark.
Odense University Hospital · DK

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeThe aim of this study was to investigate whether ESWT with a higher energy as an add-on therapy to vacuum-pump followed by manipulation exercises could reduce the penile curvature, pain and improve IIEF-5 score. MATERIALS AND

methodsMen aged >18 and <80 years and diagnosed with PD in stable phase with no history of penile surgery or previous ESWT treatment were eligible to participate. They were randomised to either active ESWT (n = 16) or sham ESWT (n = 16). Both groups were treated once a week for five weeks. Each treatment session consisted of 2000 shockwaves at 0.5mJ/mm

resultsThirty men completed the study protocol. Mean age in the treatment group was 61.7 (SD 8.3) and 63 (SD 7.35) in the control group. After six months, mean change in penile curvature was -12.8 (SD 13) degrees in the treatment group and -6.6 (SD 8.9) in the control group (p = 0.204). Mean IIEF-5 score decreased by 0.17 (SD 3) in the treatment group and 3.06 (SD 5.5) in the control group (p = 0.086) at six-month follow-up. Pain was assessed using both VAS and PDQ and demonstrated no difference between the groups after six months (p = 0.648).

conclusionIn the treatment group, we observed a greater but non-significant change in penile curvature and no adverse effects.

Indexed as

erectile dysfunctionESWTmanipulation exercisesPeyronie’s diseasevacuum pump

Identifiers

PMID34557454
PMCPMC8453443
OpenAlexW3200163177

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