Significance of Neurovascular Bundle Formation Observed on Preoperative Magnetic Resonance Imaging Regarding Postoperative Erectile Function After Nerve-Sparing Radical Retropubic Prostatectomy

Urology

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 510-514

  Lee, Sang Eun ^b   Hong, Sung Kyu ^a   Han, June Hyun ^a   Han, Byung Kyu ^a   Yu, Ji Hyung ^a   Jeong, Sung Jin ^a   Byun, Seok Soo ^a   Lee, Hak Jong ^a  

^a Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; GLEASON SCORE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PENIS ERECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADICAL RETROPUBIC PROSTATECTOMY;

AGED; DISSECTION; HUMANS; IMPOTENCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENILE ERECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSTATE; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION;

EID: 33947247459     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: 15279995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2006.11.008     Document Type: Article

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