Detailed assessment of erectile function after radical retropubic prostatectomy: Does potency equate with sexual satisfaction;Evaluation détaillée de la fonction sexuelle après prostatectomie radicale : La satisfaction des patients est-elle corrélée à la qualité des érections?

Progres en Urologie

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 552-557

  Lerner, Seth E ^a   Richards, Steven L ^a   Benet, Alexandru E ^a   Kahan, Norman Z ^a   Fleischmann, Jonathan D ^a   Melman, Arnold ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Erectile function; Radical prostatectomy

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COITUS; EJACULATION; EVALUATION; HUMAN; LIBIDO; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PENIS ERECTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTATECTOMY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COITUS; EJACULATION; EVALUATION STUDIES; HUMANS; LIBIDO; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PENILE ERECTION; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTATECTOMY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0030208478     PISSN: 11667087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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