Evoked cavernous activity: Measuring penile autonomic innervation following pelvic surgery

International Journal of Impotence Research

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 296-301

  Yilmaz, U ^a   Ellis, W ^a   Lange, P ^a   Yang, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cavernous nerve; Electrodiagnosis; Evoked cavernous activity; Penile innervation; Urological diagnostic techniques

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC INNERVATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; EVOKED CAVERNOUS ACTIVITY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FOOT; HAND; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE SPARING PROSTATECTOMY; NERVE STIMULATION; NON NERVE SPARING PROSTATECTOMY; PELVIS SURGERY; PENIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATECTOMY; SYMPATHETIC SKIN RESPONSE; SYMPATHETIC TONE;

AGED; HUMANS; IMPOTENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIS; PENIS; PROSTATECTOMY;

EID: 33646581056     PISSN: 09559930     EISSN: 14765489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijir.3901407     Document Type: Article

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