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ESSM
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Highlights from the “ESSM Meeting Istanbul”
Relationship between a history of noctur-
nal enuresis (NE) in childhood and lower
intravaginal ejaculatory latency time (IELT)
by Dr Ahmet Gokce, from Sakarya University,
Turkey; finding a relationship between NE and
lower IELT in 49 patients, respect to 49 healthy
controls, concluding that NE could be a possible
risk factor in the development of PE.
Diagnosis of venous leakage in patients with
ED using CT Cavernography (CT-C)
presented by Dr M Chocholaty et al from Univer-
sitiy Hospital Motol in Prague. The study present
the results in 20 patients with a suspicion on
venous ED underwent CT cavernography af-
ter intracavernal injection of contrast medium
10 to 15 min after the pharmacologically in-
duced erection, demonstrating a sensitivity of
89.5%. In 68.4%, of patients the CT-C, detected
a combined deep and superficial drainage. In
conclusion CTr-C allows an exact evaluation
and individualized approach for each patient.
Use of oral mucosa graft in the treatment
of Peyronie’s disease
presented by B Gvasalia from Russia: Where
the experience of 33 cavernoplastys performed
using this type of graft was discussed, with
satisfactory results.
The ‘Faculty of 1000’ has offered three best
poster prizes for pre-clinical, male clinical
and female clinical research. A jury of Selim
Cellek, Asif Muneer and Johannes Bitzer has
been composed to select the F1000 posters
during the congress.
The awardees of this year were:
Preclinical Research
Endopeptidase inhibition attenuates the
contraction induced by big endothelin-1 of
isolated human penile erectile tissue
by Pejman Shahin, from Hannover Medical
School, Germany. This study demonstrated
in vitro that inhibition of endopeptidase activ-
ity can antagonize the contraction of human
penile erectile tissue induced by Big endothe-
lin-1, these findings might be of significance
regarding to future pharmacological treatment
options for ED.
Clinical Research
Evaluating of the efficacy of the surgical
procedures and the complications at pa-
tients with penile curvature due to Peyro-
nie‘s disease
by Emrah Okulu et al from Ataturk Training and
Research, Hospital Urology Clinics, Ankara, Tur-
key. In this work compared the satisfaction of
94 patients treated surgically due to PD, divided
in 3 groups according to the surgical proce-
dure: Plication (n=41), plication and venous
grafting (n=22), and plication, venous grafting
and lateral imbrication for cavernous sacula-
tion (n=31). The IIEF score and Quality of Life
(QoL) form were used to evaluate the patient
satisfaction at preoperative period and postop-
erative follow up, up to 18 months. The results
conclude that combined surgical procedures
have better cosmetic outcomes and patient
satisfaction than single procedures.
Sexual satisfaction in the elderly women
by Sandra Vilarinho from Portugal. The aim this
cross-sectional study was to examine predic-
tors of women´s sexual satisfaction with ageing,
particularly explore the role of sexual function-
ing, relationship variables, and sexual beliefs,
assessed by questionnaires: Menopause status;
life satisfaction (SWLS); relationship (GRIMS);
sexual beliefs (QCSD); affect (PANAS-X); sexual
self esteem (SSEs); sexual functioning (FSFI);
and sexual satisfaction (GRISS). Results revealed
that relationship satisfaction (p<0.01), sexual
beliefs (p<0.001), negative affect (p<0.001)
and sexual functioning (p<0.5) as main predic-
tors of sexual satisfaction in elderly women.
They concluded the important role played by
sexual beliefs in older women’s sexual satis-
faction, together with affect and relationship
dimensions, instead sexual satisfaction, appear
to play a secondary role in elder women.
Grants and Scholarships
In this section we have to mention specially
those posters and communications resulted
winners including best presentation:
1. Prize for the best presentation on FSD
(preclinical)
Linda Vignozzi from the University of Florence,
Italy, for the work entitled: Androgens positively
regulate no-mediated relaxant pathway in rat
clitoris. This work evaluate sex esteroid regula-
tion of the NO-dependent relaxant and Rho/
ROCK contractily pathways in clitoris, dem-
onstrating that in vivo treatment with testos-
terone improves the NO-mediated signalling,
whilst E2 stimulates the contractile Rho/ROCK
signalling in clitoris.
2. Prize for the best presentation on FSD
(clinical)
Michael Krychman from New England Re-
search Institute, Watertown, USA; with the
work entitled:
Improvement in sexual func-
tion as measured by the female sexual
function index in premenopausal women
during a 12-week placebo-controlled dose-
ranging study of self-administered subcu-
taneous bremelanotide
(BMT, a melanocortin
agonist, analogue of the alpha melanocyte
stimulating hormone), for female sexual dys-
functions, to evaluate to efficacy of BMT to
improve sexual function in 327 premenopausal
women with female sexual dysfunctions (hy-
poactive sexual desire disorder and/or female
sexual arousal disorder), demonstrating sta-
tistically significant improvement of desire,
arousal, lubrication, and satisfaction domain
of the FSFI.
3. Prize for the best presentation on MSD
(preclinical)
Dr Ahmet Gokce from Sakarya University, Tur-
key in collaboration with the Tulane Universitiy
(New Orleans, USA), presented his work:
Using
stem cells derived from adipose tissue in
the prevention and treatment of erectile
dysfunction in a rat model of Peyronie’s
