Intraoperative electrical stimulation of cavernosal nerves with monitoring of intracorporeal pressure in patients undergoing nerve sparing radical prostatectomy

BJU International

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 305-310

  Rehman, J ^a   Christ, G J ^a   Kaynan, A ^a   Samadi, D ^a   Fleischmann, J ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cavernosal nerve; Erectile dysfunction; Neurostimulation; Radical prostatectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISSECTION; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; NERVE STIMULATION; PENIS ERECTION; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATECTOMY; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE;

AGED; DISSECTION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENILE ERECTION; PENIS; PRESSURE; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0032781118     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1464-410x.1999.00143.x     Document Type: Article

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