Should being aged over 70 years hinder penile prosthesis implantation?

BJU International

Volumn 104, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 834-837

  Al Najar, Amr ^a   Naumann, Carsten Maik ^a   Kaufmann, Sascha ^a   Steinbach Jensch, Andrea ^a   Hamann, Moritz Franz ^a   Jünemann, Klaus Peter ^a   Van Der Horst, Christof ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Erectile dysfunction; Penile prosthesis; Seventh decade of life

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM SURGERY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PENIS PROSTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; COITUS; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PENILE IMPLANTATION; PENILE PROSTHESIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 69249127499     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2009.08502.x     Document Type: Article

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