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. 2020 Dec 14;23(3):481–488. doi: 10.1111/jch.14123

Table 2.

Endovascular treatment of erectile dysfunction

Study n Arterial stenosis Technique Follow‐up period Success rate
Castaneda‐Zunga 1982 2 Internal iliac PTA 18 months 2/2 (100%)
Van Unnik 1984 1 External iliac PTA N/A 1/1 (100%)
Goldwasser 1985 1 Internal iliac N/A N/A 1/1 (100%)
Dewar 1985 30

70% aorto‐iliac

47% internal iliac

PTA N/A 10/33 (33%)
Angelini 1985 5 Internal iliac PTA 2‐18 months 4/5 (80%)
Valji 1988 3 N/A PTA N/A N/A
Urigo 1994 23

65% internal iliac

13% internal pudendal

N/A N/A

15/23 (65%)

3/3 (100%)

Rogers 2011 30 Internal pudendal PTA and DESs 3 months

68.2% had improvement in

IIEF‐5 score ≥ 4

Wang 2014 20

59% Common penile

38% Dorsal penile

3% Cavernosal

PTA 6 months

Clinical success a

12/20 (60%)

Wang 2016 22

73% Common penile

24% Dorsal penile

3% Cavernosal

PTA 12 months

Clinical success a

11/22 (50%)

Wang 2018 182

19% internal iliac

47% internal pudendal

29% penile/cavernosal

5% accessory pudendal

PTA/stents 12 months

Any improvement in

IIEF‐5 score ≥ 4 within 12 months

134/182 (74%)

Clinical success a

112/182 (62%)

Abbreviations: IIEF, International Index on Erectile Function; N/A, not available; PTA, percutaneous transluminal balloon angioplasty.

a

Clinical success was defined as improvement in the IIEF‐5 score ≥ 4 or normalization of erectile function (IIEF‐5 ≥ 22).