OBJECTIVE: The objective was to investigate the effect and feasibility of low-intensity extracorporeal shockwave therapy (LI-ESWT) as a treatment for @entity323 ( @entity323 ) after bilateral nerve-sparing radical prostatectomy (RP). MATERIALS AND METHODS: @entity1 who had undergone robot-assisted bilateral nerve-sparing RP more than a year before entering this pilot study, had no preoperative @entity323 and were suffering from mild to severe postoperative @entity323 were invited to participate. Six treatments were given over a 6 week period, using the Duolith   SD1 T-Top machine. The effect of the treatment was evaluated 1 month (t1) and 1 year (t2) after the final treatment. The main outcome measure was changes in the five-item International Index of Erectile Function (IIEF-5) scores. RESULTS: Eighteen @entity1 were included in the study. However, two @entity1 breached the protocol and consequently 16 @entity1 were included in the analysis at t1 and 15 @entity1 were included in the analysis at t2. At baseline the median age was 62 years (range 51 to 70 years) and the median time since surgery was 24 months (range 12 to 54 months). The median preoperative IIEF-5 score was 25 (range 22 to 25) and the median baseline IIEF-5 score was 9.5 (range 5 to 20). The median change in IIEF-5 scores was   +3.5 (range -1 to 8; p   =   0.0049) and   +1 (range -3 to 14; p   =   0.046) at t1 and t2, respectively. No severe side-effects were reported. CONCLUSIONS: LI-ESWT may improve erectile function after bilateral nerve-sparing RP. Based on these results, further studies in @entity1 with @entity323 after nerve-sparing RP are justified.

Low-intensity extracorporeal shockwave therapy in the treatment of XXXX : a pilot study.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['Patients', 'patients'] @entity323 :: ('MESH:D007172', 'Disease') :: ['erectile dysfunction', 'ED']
@entity323 :: (MESH:D007172,Disease) :: ['postprostatectomy erectile dysfunction']
