Recruiter: And what type of wave device does University of Utah Health have? Dr. Smith: We simply actually got a brand-new wave device and it is the shockwave device. We made sure we did as much research study as we could, knowing that this is type of a hot subject. A great deal of people are extremely interested.

And so, in the guys's health department, we had a lot of patients who was available in and asked a fair bit about it so we did the best research study that we might to find a maker that might potentially offer us the very best advantage. Now we're really selective with our patients at the University of Utah, for who we would recommend this to because it's not covered by insurance coverage, it's fairly costly.

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

This is for a very moderate to mild-moderate impotence. Those are the people who've really seen a gain from this device. Now, if someone truly wanted to say, hey, can you do it? We could do it, but I would really much caution that to this most likely is not going to help you.

Nevertheless, in the future, it may be as long as the research continues to look appealing. Recruiter: And after those treatments, you said you continue to keep track of the patient to see how things go. Normally, exist a great deal of follow-ups after that or when the treatments are done and those new members vessels have grown, normally they endure quite well and things work out? Dr.

Smith: That's a long conversation that I have with patients, because the huge thing is, is individuals are always searching for the easy, fast repair. And a lot 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, but once again, a lot of these individuals do not understand that, you understand, sometimes they may not be an excellent candidate or it may not be beneficial for them.