The timing of penile rehabilitation after bilateral nerve-sparing radical prostatectomy affects the recovery of erectile function

BJU International

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 37-41

  Mulhall, John P ^a   Parker, Marilyn ^b   Waters, Bedford W ^b   Flanigan, Robert ^b  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Erectile dysfunction; Outcome; Penile rehabilitation; Radical prostatectomy

Indexed keywords

SILDENAFIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM FUNCTION; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PENILE REHABILITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; REHABILITATION;

HUMANS; IMPOTENCE, VASCULOGENIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENILE ERECTION; PHOSPHODIESTERASE INHIBITORS; PIPERAZINES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; PURINES; SULFONES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 72149086945     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2009.08775.x     Document Type: Article

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