The prosthesis salvage operation: Immediate replacement of the infected penile prosthesis

Journal of Urology

Volumn 155, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 155-157

  Brant, Michael D ^a   Ludlow, John K ^a   Mulcahy, John J ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Impotence; Penile prosthesis; Salvage therapy; Urinary tract infections

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMPOTENCE; MALE; PENIS DISEASE; PENIS PROSTHESIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, FLUOROQUINOLONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PENILE PROSTHESIS; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; SALVAGE THERAPY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 0029656165     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(01)66580-7     Document Type: Article

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