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Highlights from the “ESSM Meeting Istanbul”
disease
, demonstrating a statistically sig-
nificant improvement in erectile function, in
treated animals. Therapy from adipose tissue
stem cells was the subject of several studies,
with encouraging results.
4. Prize for the best presentation on MSD
(clinical)
Dr Lars Lund from the Odense University
Hospital, Denmark, presented a prospective,
randomized, placebo-controlled study in 112
patients with ED treated by extracorporeal litho-
tripsy shock wave for 5 weeks, showing an
increase in the quality of erectile function in
59% of treated patients compared to placebo,
with good tolerance.
5. Prize for the best surgical presentation
The award for the best surgical presentation was
for Dr Faruk Mustafa Usta, from Akdeniz Univer-
sity, Turkey; with the video entitled:
Feasibility
of placing an inflatable penile prosthesis of
3 components (IPP) in patients undergoing
radical pelvic surgery
(RPS), which retrospec-
tively evaluated 302 patients, underwent IPP im-
plantation. The 23% of patients had a history of
RPS (radical cystectomy, radical prostatectomy).
The study concludes that IPP implantation can be
safely perform by either penoescrotal or infrapubic
approach in men who previously underwent RPS.
Prestige Awards
The Executive Committee of ESSM decided to
establish two awards to be presented during
the annual meetings of the society:
Career Award
This award presented to a senior scientist who
has made an outstanding contribution in the
field. This year was given to our colleague and
member Dr. Antonio Martín Morales from Spain.
Essm Award of Excellence
This award is presented annually to a physician
or scientist under the age of 40 years (either
in basic sciences or clinical practice) who has
made recent exceptional achievement in the
field. This year´s awardee is: Linda Vignozzi,
from Italy.
Finally, remember that the venue of the next
meeting of the ESSM in 2015 will be Copen-
hagen, Denmark. We would like to invite you
to this event.
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