Prostatectomy and impotence: Can temperature variations around the prostate during TURP explain postprostatectomy impotence?

Scandinavian Journal of Urology and Nephrology, Supplement

Volumn 30, Issue 179, 1996, Pages 123-127

  Schou, J ^a,b   Christensen, N E Holm ^a   Nolsoe C ^a   Lorentzen, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b NONE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

erectile dysfunction; heat; impotence; nerves; prostatectomy; temperature

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HEAT; HUMAN; IMPOTENCE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATECTOMY; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; HEAT; HUMANS; IMPOTENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATECTOMY;

EID: 0029815527     PISSN: 03008886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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