Time dependent patient satisfaction with sildenafil for erectile dysfunction (ED) after nerve-sparing radical retropubic prostatectomy (RRP)

International Journal of Impotence Research

Volumn 11, Issue , 1999, Pages S15-S22

  Hong, E K ^a   Lepor, H ^a   McCullough, A R ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Erectile dysfunction; Prostate cancer; Radical prostatectomy; Sildenafil citrate

Indexed keywords

SILDENAFIL;

CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATECTOMY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; IMPOTENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PENILE ERECTION; PIPERAZINES; PROSTATECTOMY; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032720167     PISSN: 09559930     EISSN: 14765489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijir.3900466     Document Type: Article

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