Is laparoscopic unilateral sural nerve grafting during radical prostatectomy effective in retaining sexual potency?

BJU International

Volumn 95, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1267-1271

  Porpiglia, Francesco ^a   Ragni, Francesca ^a   Terrone, Carlo ^a   Renard, Julien ^a   Musso, Francesca ^a   Grande, Susanna ^a   Cracco, Cecilia ^a   Ghignone, Gianpaolo ^a   Scarpa, Roberto M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Erectile dysfunction; Laparoscopy; Prostate cancer; Radical prostatectomy; Sural nerve

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; SILDENAFIL;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; GLEASON SCORE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL INDEX OF ERECTILE FUNCTION QUESTIONNAIRE; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MALE; NERVE TRANSPLANTATION; PENIS ERECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SURAL NERVE GRAFTING; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMPOTENCE; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENILE ERECTION; PHOSPHODIESTERASE INHIBITORS; PILOT PROJECTS; PIPERAZINES; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; SURAL NERVE;

EID: 20444399174     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2005.05501.x     Document Type: Article

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