Quantitative and qualitative analysis of the recovery of potency after radical prostatectomy: Effect of unilateral vs bilateral nerve sparing

BJU International

Volumn 104, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1484-1489

  Finley, David S ^a   Rodriguez Jr , Esequiel ^a   Skarecky, Douglas W ^a   Ahlering, Thomas E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Erectile function; Nerve sparing; Potency; Robotic prostatectomy; Wide excision

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; CAUTERIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONVALESCENCE; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; EXCISION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NERVOUS TISSUE; PENIS ERECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTATECTOMY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; ROBOTIC RADICAL PROSTATECTOMY; SCORING SYSTEM; SEXUAL FUNCTION;

ADULT; AGED; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PENILE ERECTION; PROSTATE; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 72349093491     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2009.08546.x     Document Type: Article

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