New Insights Into the Pathogenesis of Penile Shortening After Radical Prostatectomy and the Role of Postoperative Sexual Function

Journal of Urology

Volumn 178, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 602-607

  Gontero, Paolo ^a   Galzerano, Mario ^b   Bartoletti, Riccardo ^c   Magnani, Corrado ^b   Tizzani, Alessandro ^a   Frea, Bruno ^d   Mondaini, Nicola ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

^c SANTA MARIA ANNUNZIATA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

fibrosis; organ size; prostatectomy; sexual activity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER REMOVAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOGENESIS; PENIS DISEASE; PENIS ERECTION; PENIS SHORTENING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATECTOMY; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

AGED; DENERVATION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMPOTENCE; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORGAN SIZE; PENILE ERECTION; PENIS; PERIPHERAL NERVES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 34447282440     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2007.03.119     Document Type: Article

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