Recovery of erectile function after nerve-sparing radical prostatectomy: Improvement with nightly low-dose sildenafil

BJU International

Volumn 101, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1279-1283

  Bannowsky, Andreas ^a,b   Schulze, Heiko ^a   Van Der Horst, Christof ^a   Hautmann, Stefan ^a   Jünemann, Klaus Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^b Ev Luth Diakonissen Hospital Flensburg   (Germany)

Author keywords

Erectile dysfunction; Nerve sparing; Nocturnal erection; Prostate cancer; Radical prostatectomy; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

SILDENAFIL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER REMOVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL INDEX OF ERECTILE FUNCTION QUESTIONNAIRE; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; NERVE SPARING RADICAL PROSTATECTOMY; NOCTURNAL PENILE TUMESCENCE AND RIGIDITY; PENIS ERECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATECTOMY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UROGENITAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS;

AGED; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENILE ERECTION; PENIS; PHOSPHODIESTERASE INHIBITORS; PIPERAZINES; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; PURINES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SULFONES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 42249094168     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2008.07515.x     Document Type: Article

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