Preservation of penile length after radical prostatectomy: Early intervention with a vacuum erection device

International Journal of Impotence Research

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 501-504

  Dalkin, B L ^a   Christopher, B A ^a  

^a Tucson Med Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Erectile dysfunction; Prostate cancer; Vacuum erection device

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATHETER REMOVAL; DEVICE; EARLY INTERVENTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATECTOMY; SEXUAL FUNCTION; VACUUM ERECTION DEVICE;

CARCINOMA; HUMANS; MALE; PENILE ERECTION; PENIS; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; VACUUM;

EID: 34548453675     PISSN: 09559930     EISSN: 14765489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijir.3901561     Document Type: Article

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