Patient selection criteria in the surgical treatment of veno-occlusive dysfunction

Journal of Urology

Volumn 161, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1145-1147

  Sasso, F ^a   Gulino, G ^a   Weir, J ^a   Viggiano, A M ^a   Alcini, E ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Impotence; Patient selection; Surgery

Indexed keywords

PROSTAGLANDIN E1;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMPOTENCE; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PENIS ERECTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT INDICATION; VEIN OCCLUSION;

EID: 0032862124     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(01)61614-8     Document Type: Article

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