Sulcus nervi dorsalis penis/clitoridis: Anatomical and clinical implications

Neuroanatomy

Volumn 6, Issue , 2007, Pages 58-62

  Sedy, Jiri ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Alcock's syndrome; Dorsal nerve of clitoris; Dorsal nerve of penis; Puhls; Son determination; Ventral arc; Vertical ridge

Indexed keywords

ALCOCK SYNDROME; ANESTHESIA; ANTHROPOLOGY; ARTERY INJURY; CIRCUMCISION; CLITORIS; CONGENITAL ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FEMALE; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; HYPESTHESIA; HYPOSPADIAS; MALE; NERVE COMPRESSION; PENIS GLANS; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PUBIC BONE; PUDENDAL NERVE; REVASCULARIZATION; REVIEW; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SULCUS NERVUS DORSALIS CLITORIDIS; SULCUS NERVUS DORSALIS PENIS; SURGICAL ANATOMY; TRANSSEXUALISM; TREATMENT PLANNING; URETHRA SURGERY; VAGINA RECONSTRUCTION;

EID: 40749093278     PISSN: 13031783     EISSN: 13031775     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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