Factors affecting erectile function after radical retropubic prostatectomy: Results from 1620 consecutive patients

BJU International

Volumn 101, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 833-836

  Ayyathurai, Rajinikanth ^a   Manoharan, Murugesan ^a   Nieder, Alan M ^a   Kava, Bruce ^a   Soloway, Mark S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Nerve sparing surgery; Potency; Radical prostatectomy

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHODIESTERASE V INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; ERECTILE FUNCTION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POTENCY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADICAL RETROPUBIC PROSTATECTOMY; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; PATIENT SELECTION; PENILE ERECTION; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 40449093658     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2007.07409.x     Document Type: Article

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