Current status of penile prosthesis implantation

Current Urology Reports

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 291-296

  Montague, Drogo K ^a   Angermeier, Kenneth W ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Erectile Dysfunction; Penile Curvature; Penile Prosthesis; Periprosthetic Infection; Tunica Albuginea

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; IMPOTENCE; INFECTION; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM SURGERY; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PENIS PROSTHESIS; PROSTHESIS; REVIEW;

HUMANS; IMPOTENCE; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PENILE IMPLANTATION; PENILE PROSTHESIS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS;

EID: 0034584158     PISSN: 15272737     EISSN: 15346285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11934-000-0009-1     Document Type: Article

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