Scroppo Fabrizio I, Pezzoni Fabio, Gaeta Francesco, Pastore Luigi A, Malfatto Matteo, Cai Tommaso, Capogrosso Paolo, Dehò Federico, Zucchi Alessandro
Department of Urology and Andrology, Ospedale di Circolo and Macchi Foundation, Varese, Italy.
Centro Medico Unisalus, Milano, Italy.
Int J Impot Res. 2022 Apr;34(3):237-242. doi: 10.1038/s41443-021-00411-0. Epub 2021 Feb 18.
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.
低强度冲击波疗法（LI-ESWT）体外治疗是一种最近引入的非侵入性方法，旨在恢复男性患者血管性勃起功能障碍（ED）基础上的病理生理改变。支持这种治疗新生血管生成潜力的证据来自体外研究和动物模型。本研究应用了能量多普勒方法，目的是“客观地”证明LI-ESWT在血管性ED患者阴茎海绵体微循环水平（新生血管生成）的实际疗效。这项研究的数据首次表明，LI-ESWT治疗可促进血管性ED患者功能性动脉的新生血管形成。
