Persistent erectile dysfunction following radical prostatectomy: The association between nerve-sparing status and the prevalence and chronology of venous leak

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2813-2819

  Tal, Raanan ^a   Valenzuela, Rolando ^b   Aviv, Nadid ^b   Parker, Marilyn ^b   Waters, W Bedford ^b   Flanigan, Robert C ^b   Mulhall, John P ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporal veno occlusive dysfunction; Erectile dysfunction; Radical prostatectomy; Venous leak

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHODIESTERASE V INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE SPARING SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UROLOGIC SURGERY; VENOUS LEAKAGE; COMPLICATION; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; HEMODYNAMICS; IMPOTENCE, VASCULOGENIC; MIDDLE AGED; PENIS; PENIS ERECTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTOR; TIME; UNITED STATES;

HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; IMPOTENCE, VASCULOGENIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK; PENILE ERECTION; PENIS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70649092473     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2009.01437.x     Document Type: Article

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