Cavernous nerve reconstruction to preserve erectile function following non-nerve-sparing radical retropubic prostatectomy: A prospective study

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 1174-1181

  Chang, David W ^a   Wood, Christopher G ^a   Kroll, Stephen S ^a   Youssef, Adel A ^a   Babaian, Richard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

SILDENAFIL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRACAVERNOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MALE; NERVE GRAFT; NERVE RECONSTRUCTION; PENIS ERECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; SURAL NERVE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

AGED; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMPOTENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTATECTOMY; SURAL NERVE;

EID: 0037333636     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PRS.0000047606.84539.F1     Document Type: Article

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