Change of sexual function in patients before and after Ho:YAG laser enucleation of the prostate

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 259-261

  Meng, Fanwei ^a   Gao, Baohua ^a   Fu, Qiang ^b   Chen, Jun ^a   Liu, Yuqiang ^a   Shi, Benkang ^a   Xu, ZhiShun ^a,c  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANDONG PROVINCIAL HOSPITAL AFFILIATED TO SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Erection; HOLEP; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EJACULATION; ENUCLEATION; HUMAN; LIBIDO; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PENIS ERECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; SCORING SYSTEM; SEXUAL FUNCTION; YAG LASER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EJACULATION; HUMANS; IMPOTENCE; LASER SURGERY; LIBIDO; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGASM; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PENILE ERECTION; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; SEX;

EID: 33947276929     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2164/jandrol.106.000372     Document Type: Article

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