Women's Sexual Dysfunction: A Review of the "Surgical Landscape"

European Urology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 44-52

  Salonia, Andrea ^a   Briganti, Alberto ^a   Dehò, Federico ^a   Zanni, Giuseppe ^a   Rigatti, Patrizo ^a   Montorsi, Francesco ^a  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cystectomy; Female; Hysterectomy; Rectal cancer; Sexual dysfunction; Surgery; Urinary incontinence; Women

Indexed keywords

BLADDER CARCINOMA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CYSTECTOMY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDLINE; PELVIS SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECTUM CARCINOMA; REVIEW; SEXUAL HEALTH; STRESS INCONTINENCE;

FEMALE; GENITALIA, FEMALE; HUMANS; UROGENITAL SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 33744911078     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2006.03.039     Document Type: Review

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