Erectile dysfunction induced by orthopedic trauma managed with a fracture table: A case report and review of the literature

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 183-185

  Chan, Peter T K ^a   Schondorf, Ronald ^b   Brock, Gerald B ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FEMUR SUBTROCHANTERIC FRACTURE; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; MALE; NERVE INJURY; NEUROANATOMY; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PATIENT POSITIONING; PENIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PUDENDAL NERVE; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SPORT INJURY; SURGICAL ANATOMY;

EID: 0032779199     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-199907000-00040     Document Type: Article

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