Effect of Nightly versus On-Demand Vardenafil on Recovery of Erectile Function in Men Following Bilateral Nerve-Sparing Radical Prostatectomy

European Urology

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 924-931

  Montorsi, Francesco ^a   Brock, Gerald ^b   Lee, Jay ^c   Shapiro, JoAnn ^d   Van Poppel, Hendrik ^e   Graefen, Markus ^f   Stief, Christian ^g  

^a VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c Rockyview General Hospital   (Canada)

^d Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^f Martini Clinic Prostate Cancer Center   (Germany)

^g LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Erectile dysfunction; Phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitor; Radical prostatectomy; Vardenafil

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; VARDENAFIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEDTIME DOSAGE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPEPSIA; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FLUSHING; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATECTOMY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RHINOPHARYNGITIS; SIDE EFFECT; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMANS; IMIDAZOLES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOSPHODIESTERASE INHIBITORS; PIPERAZINES; PROSTATE; PROSTATECTOMY; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SULFONES; TRIAZINES;

EID: 50849098833     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2008.06.083     Document Type: Article

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