Recovery of Erectile Function After Unilateral and Bilateral Cavernous Nerve Interposition Grafting During Radical Pelvic Surgery

Journal of Urology

Volumn 181, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1258-1263

  Satkunasivam, Raj ^a   Appu, Sree ^a   Al Azab, Rami ^a   Hersey, Karen ^a   Lockwood, Gina ^a   Lipa, Joan ^a   Fleshner, Neil E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

cystectomy; erectile dysfunction; penis; prostatectomy; transplants

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHODIESTERASE V INHIBITOR; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CAVERNOUS NERVE INTERPOSITION GRAFTING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONVALESCENCE; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; CYSTECTOMY; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NERVE GRAFT; PENIS ERECTION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POTENCY DISORDER; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATECTOMY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; CYSTECTOMY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENILE ERECTION; PENIS; PROSTATECTOMY; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 59349116082     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2008.10.153     Document Type: Article

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