Penile vascular evaluation and sexual function before and after radical retropubic prostatectomy: 5-Year follow-up

International Journal of Andrology

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 483-489

  Dubbelman, Yvette D ^a   Wildhagen, Mark F ^a   Dohle, Gert R ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Colour Doppler ultrasound; Erectile function; Psychosexual evaluation; Radical prostatectomy

Indexed keywords

PAPAVERINE; PHENTOLAMINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; EROTISM; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MALE; PENILE BLOOD FLOW; PENIS ERECTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE BIOPSY; PROSTATE CANCER; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADICAL RETROPUBIC PROSTATECTOMY; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; SEXUALITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VEIN OCCLUSION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MALE; PENIS; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUALITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 51349102502     PISSN: 01056263     EISSN: 13652605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2605.2007.00792.x     Document Type: Article

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