Ipsilateral seminal emission generated by electrostimulation of the lumbar sympathetic nerve during nerve sparing laparoscopic retroperitoneal lymph node dissection for testicular cancer

Journal of Urology

Volumn 172, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 928-931

  Kaiho, Yasuhiro ^a   Nakagawa, Haruo ^a   Ito, Akihiro ^a   Satoh, Makoto ^a   Ikeda, Yoshihiro ^a   Saito, Seiichi ^a   Arai, Yoichi ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ejaculation; Electric stimulation; Lymph node excision; Testicular neoplasms; Testis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EJACULATION; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HUMAN; HYPOGASTRIC PLEXUS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LUMBAR SYMPATHETIC NERVE; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MALE; NERVE FUNCTION; NERVE SPARING SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALVAGE THERAPY; SPLANCHNIC NERVE; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; TESTIS CANCER; URETHROSCOPY;

EID: 4143137600     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ju.0000136160.07851.ce     Document Type: Article

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