Stresses in the normal and diabetic human penis following implantation of an inflatable prosthesis

Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 625-631

  Gefen, A ^a   Chen, J ^b   Elad, David ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; Finite element method; Impotence; Inflatable penile prosthesis; Numerical model

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROSTHETICS; RESIDUAL STRESSES; STRESS CONCENTRATION;

INFLATABLE PENILE PROSTHESIS;

BIOMECHANICS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DIABETES MELLITUS; HUMAN; IMPOTENCE; MALE; MODEL; NERVE STIMULATION; PAIN; PENIS PROSTHESIS; STRESS; TUNICA ALBUGINEA;

EID: 0032866991     PISSN: 01400118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02513358     Document Type: Article

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