Treatment options for erectile dysfunction in patients failing oral drug therapy

EAU Update Series

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 75-83

  Hatzimouratidis, Konstantinos ^a   Hatzichristou, Dimitrios G ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Drug therapy; Penile erection; Penis; Pharmacology; Treatment failure

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; APOMORPHINE; DOXAZOSIN; PAPAVERINE; PHENTOLAMINE; PHOSPHODIESTERASE V INHIBITOR; PLACEBO; PROSTAGLANDIN E1; SILDENAFIL; TADALAFIL; TAMSULOSIN; VARDENAFIL;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DATA ANALYSIS; DIZZINESS; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG EFFICACY; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; EXPECTATION; FLUSHING; HEADACHE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PENIS ERECTION; PENIS PROSTHESIS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SALVAGE THERAPY; SEXUALITY; SIDE EFFECT; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; VACUUM;

EID: 11144232077     PISSN: 15709124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euus.2004.03.001     Document Type: Article

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