Penile implantation in Europe: Successes and complications with 253 implants in Italy and Germany

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1503-1512

  Natali, Alessandro ^a   Olianas, Roberto ^b   Fisch, Margit ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b Municipal Hospital of Lueneburg   (Germany)

^c Allgemeines Krankenhaus Eilbek   (Germany)

Author keywords

Erectile Dysfunction; Patient Satisfaction; Penile Prosthesis; Prothesis Infection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; EUROPE; FOLLOW UP; GERMANY; HARDNESS; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM SURGERY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PELVIS SURGERY; PENIS ERECTION; PENIS PROSTHESIS; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PEYRONIE DISEASE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR DISEASE;

EID: 44949148038     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2008.00819.x     Document Type: Article

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