Inflatable penile prostheses for the treatment of erectile dysfunction: An update

Expert Review of Medical Devices

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 133-144

  Garber, Bruce B ^a,b  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Delaware Valley Nephrology and Hypertension   (United States)

Author keywords

Erectile dysfunction; Impotence; Inflatable penile prosthesis; Penile implant

Indexed keywords

HEXAMETHYLENE DIISOCYANATE; PHOSPHODIESTERASE V INHIBITOR; PROSTAGLANDIN E1; SILDENAFIL; TADALAFIL; VARDENAFIL;

AWARENESS; DEVICE; DRUG APPROVAL; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG COST; DRUG DESIGN; DRUG MARKETING; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; EUROPEAN UNION; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HUMAN; PENIS PROSTHESIS; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UNITED STATES; VACUUM; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM SURGERY; METHODOLOGY; SAFETY;

DEVICE APPROVAL; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMANS; MALE; PENILE IMPLANTATION; PENILE PROSTHESIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 49849096818     PISSN: 17434440     EISSN: 17452422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/17434440.5.2.133     Document Type: Review

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