Erectile dysfunction after perineal compression in young men undergoing internal fixation of femur fractures

International Journal of Impotence Research

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 336-338

  Rajbabu, K ^a   Brown, C ^a   Poulsen, J ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Erectile dysfunction; Femur fracture; Intramedullary nail fixation; Neurovascular traction injury; Perineal compression; Phosphodiesterase inhibitors

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHODIESTERASE V INHIBITOR; SILDENAFIL;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EJACULATION; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FEMUR FRACTURE; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MALE; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PATIENT POSITIONING; PENIS ERECTION; PERINEUM INJURY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SKELETON TRACTION;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; FEMORAL FRACTURES; HUMANS; IMPOTENCE; INTERNAL FIXATORS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; PERINEUM; PHOSPHODIESTERASE INHIBITORS; TRACTION;

EID: 34247882747     PISSN: 09559930     EISSN: 14765489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijir.3901529     Document Type: Article

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