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Response to Comment on ‘Comparison of the efficacy of the early LI-SWT plus daily tadalafil with daily tadalafil only as penile rehabilitation for postprostatectomy erectile dysfunction’

International Journal of Impotence Research volume 35, pages 496–497 (2023)Cite this article

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First of all, we would like to thank Professor Caner BARAN [1] for his excellent advice and comments.

This study compares the efficacy of the early low-intensity shock wave therapy (LI-SWT) plus daily tadalafil with daily tadalafil only therapy as penile rehabilitation for postprostatectomy erectile dysfunction in patients with prostate cancer who underwent bilateral interfascial nerve-sparing radical prostatectomy (RP) [2]. Thirty-nine patients were treated with tadalafil-only (group A) while 41 were treated with tadalafil and LI-SWT simultaneously (group B). At postoperative six months, the proportion of patients with erection hardness scores (EHS) ≥ 3 (4/39 vs. 12/41) was significantly higher in group B (p = 0.034), and LI-SWT was the only independent factor for predicting EHS ≥ 3 (OR, 3.621; 95% CI, 1.054–12.437; p = 0.041).

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  1. These authors contributed equally: Jae-Wook Chung, Tae Gyun Kwon.

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  1. Department of Urology, Kyungpook National University Hospital, Daegu, Republic of Korea

    Se Won Jang

  2. Biomedical Research Institute, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Republic of Korea

    Jae-Wook Chung & Tae Gyun Kwon

  3. Department of Urology, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Republic of Korea

    Jae-Wook Chung & Tae Gyun Kwon

  4. Joint Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Republic of Korea

    Jae-Wook Chung & Tae Gyun Kwon

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Conceptualization: JWC, TGK. Data curation: SWJ. Investigation: SWJ, JWC. Resources: SWJ, JWC. Supervision: JWC, TGK. Validation: JWC, TGK. Writing – original draft: SWJ, JWC. Writing – review & editing: JWC, TGK.

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Jang, S.W., Chung, JW. & Kwon, T.G. Response to Comment on ‘Comparison of the efficacy of the early LI-SWT plus daily tadalafil with daily tadalafil only as penile rehabilitation for postprostatectomy erectile dysfunction’. Int J Impot Res 35, 496–497 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41443-022-00591-3

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