The role of vacuum erection devices in penile rehabilitation after radical prostatectomy

International Journal of Impotence Research

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 158-164

  Lehrfeld, T ^a   Lee, D I ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b PENN PRESBYTERIAN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Erectile dysfunction; Penile rehabilitation; Prostate cancer; Radical prostatectomy; Vacuum erection device

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHODIESTERASE V INHIBITOR; PLACEBO; PROSTAGLANDIN; PROSTAGLANDIN E1; SILDENAFIL; VARDENAFIL;

APRAXIA; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; EJACULATION DISORDER; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; EVENING DOSAGE; FLACCID PARALYSIS; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; MONOTHERAPY; NEURAPRAXIA; PAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PENIS ERECTION; PENIS FLACCID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; PUMP; REHABILITATION CARE; REVIEW; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VACUUM ERECTION DEVICE; ADULT; AGED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENIS; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; VACUUM;

ADULT; AGED; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENILE ERECTION; PENIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTATECTOMY; VACUUM;

EID: 67649197369     PISSN: 09559930     EISSN: 14765489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ijir.2009.3     Document Type: Review

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