Sexual rehabilitation after radical retropubic prostatectomy: New technique using ilio-inguinal nerve graft

International Braz J Urol

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 446-450

  Srougi, Miguel ^a   Pereira, Daniel ^a   Dall'Oglio, Marcos ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Inguinal canal; Nerve transfer; Penile erection; Prostate; Prostatectomy; Sural nerve

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCANEUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME; CONVALESCENCE; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; INNERVATION; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LEG EDEMA; LIMB PAIN; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MOBILIZATION; NERVE GRAFT; PARESTHESIA; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSTATECTOMY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SURAL NERVE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIME; UROLOGY;

EID: 0036765748     PISSN: 16775538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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