Sexual function after rectal excision

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 248-259

  Keating, John P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Dyspareunla; Erectile dysfunction; Impotence; Postoperative complications; Proctocolectomy; Rectal neoplasms; Rectum; Restorative

Indexed keywords

PAPAVERINE; PHENTOLAMINE; PROSTAGLANDIN E1; SILDENAFIL;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTERY LIGATION; AUTONOMIC DENERVATION; BLADDER DYSFUNCTION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; COLON RESECTION; DYSPAREUNIA; EJACULATION DISORDER; ENTERITIS; FEMALE INFERTILITY; GENITAL PAIN; HUMAN; HYDROSALPINX; IMPOTENCE; INFERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY; INJECTION PAIN; INJECTION SITE; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM SURGERY; NERVE INJURY; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVE; PELVIS SURGERY; PENILE FIBROSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIAPISM; PROCTOCOLECTOMY; PROSTATECTOMY; RECTUM ABDOMINOPERINEAL RESECTION; RECTUM CANCER; RECTUM RESECTION; REVIEW; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; TUMOR VOLUME; UTERINE TUBE OCCLUSION; VAGINAL DRYNESS;

AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; AUTONOMIC PATHWAYS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECTAL DISEASES; RECTUM; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 2442496360     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2004.02954.x     Document Type: Review

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