Cavernosal nerve mapping: Current data and applications

BJU International

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 9-13

  Klotz, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cavermap; Cavernosal nerve graft; Nerve sparing radical prostatectomy

Indexed keywords

CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; DEVICE; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; NERVE GRAFT; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PELVIS SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATECTOMY; SHORT SURVEY;

DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, NEUROLOGICAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; HUMANS; IMPOTENCE; MALE; PENIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTATECTOMY; SURAL NERVE;

EID: 1642538384     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2004.04546.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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