Shock wave therapy straightens bent penis: treatment returns sexual function to men with Peyronie's disease

ORLANDO, FLA. - Shock wave therapy can straighten a bent penis in men with Peyronie's disease, British urologists found.

At the recent annual meeting here of the American Urological Association, Dr. Olisa Awogu, a staff urologist at Southend Hospital in Essex, England, presented two-year followup of 31 men with Peyronie's disease who underwent extracorporeal shock wave therapy.

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Dr. Awogu said the machine was used at a much lower power setting than for shock wave lithotripsy, and he reported most...