Inflatable penile prostheses for the treatment of erectile dysfunction

Expert Review of Medical Devices

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 341-350

  Garber, Bruce ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Erectile dysfunction; Impotence; Inflatable penile prosthesis; Penile implants

Indexed keywords

ETHYLENEDIAMINE; GENTAMICIN; MINOCYCLINE; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NITRIC OXIDE; PHOSPHODIESTERASE V; PHOSPHODIESTERASE V INHIBITOR; POLYMER; POVIDONE; PROSTAGLANDIN E1; QUINOLONE; RIFAMPICIN; SILDENAFIL; SILICONE; TADALAFIL; VANCOMYCIN; VARDENAFIL;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SENSITIVITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT SELECTION; PENILE BLEEDING; PENIS ERECTION; PENIS PROSTHESIS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SIDE EFFECT; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VASODILATATION;

EID: 18844399166     PISSN: 17434440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/17434440.2.3.341     Document Type: Review

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