The long-term voiding function and sexual function after pelvic nerve-sparing radical surgery for rectal cancer

International Journal of Urology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 256-263

  Ameda, Kaname ^a,b   Kakizaki, Hidehiro ^a   Koyanagi, Tomohiko ^a   Hirakawa, Kazushi ^a   Kusumi, Takaya ^a   Hosokawa, Masao ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Hokkaido Memorial Hospital of Urology   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bladder dysfunction; Erectile dysfunction; Pelvic nerve; Rectal cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETERIZATION; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICTURITION; MICTURITION DISORDER; PELVIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECTUM CANCER; SEXUAL FUNCTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOGASTRIC PLEXUS; IMPOTENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; SEX FACTORS; URINATION DISORDERS; UROGENITAL SYSTEM;

EID: 18444407798     PISSN: 09198172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2042.2005.01026.x     Document Type: Article

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