Nerves at the Ventral Prostatic Capsule Contribute to Erectile Function: Initial Electrophysiological Assessment in Humans

European Urology

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 148-155

  Kaiho, Yasuhiro ^a   Nakagawa, Haruo ^a   Saito, Hideo ^a   Ito, Akihiro ^a   Ishidoya, Shigeto ^a   Saito, Seiichi ^a   Arai, Yoichi ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cavernous nerve; Electrical stimulation; Erectile dysfunction; Nerve sparing; Neural pathways; Prostatectomy

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAVERNOUS NERVE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; GLEASON SCORE; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE FIBER; NERVE SPARING OPEN RADICAL RETROPUBIC PROSTATECTOMY; PENIS ERECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; PROSTATE BIOPSY; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATE SURGERY; PROSTATECTOMY; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; URETHRA PRESSURE;

AGED; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESSES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENILE ERECTION; PROSTATE;

EID: 56249106475     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2008.09.022     Document Type: Article

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