Interviewer: And what kind of wave maker does University of Utah Health have? Dr. Smith: We simply in fact got a new age maker and it is the shockwave maker. We ensured we did as much research study as we could, understanding that this is type of a hot topic. A lot of people are very interested.

And so, in the men's health department, we had a lot of patients who came in and asked a fair bit about it so we did the best research study that we might to discover a maker that could potentially offer us the very best benefit. Now we're extremely selective with our patients at the University of Utah, for who we would advise this to due to the fact that it's not covered by insurance coverage, it's fairly costly.

For somebody who has a moderate impotence, somebody who's taking pills and doing rather well with them, they might have the ability to come off the pills entirely or require a lower dosage of the pills. This isn't for somebody who has a severe erectile issue after they've had a surgery like a prostatectomy or something like that.

This is for a really mild to mild-moderate impotence. Those are the individuals who've really seen a gain from this device. Now, if somebody really wanted to state, hey, can you do it? We might do it, but I would really much caveat that to this likely is not going to assist you.

Nevertheless, in the future, it might be as long as the research continues to look appealing. Interviewer: And after those treatments, you said you continue to keep an eye on the client to see how things go. Usually, are there a great deal of follow-ups after that or when the treatments are done and those new members vessels have grown, normally they make it through quite well and things work out? Dr.

Smith: That's a long discussion that I have with clients, because the big thing is, is people are constantly trying to find the simple, quick repair. And a great deal of times the advertisements that they've heard make the wave treatment look like a fast fix. And, you understand, with the shockwave treatment, it can be advantageous, however again, a lot of these people don't understand that, you understand, sometimes they might not be a great prospect or it may not be useful for them.