Postoperative orgasmic function increases over time in patients undergoing nerve-sparing radical prostatectomy

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 1 PART 1, 2010, Pages 149-155

  Salonia, Andrew ^a   Gallina, Andrea ^a   Briganti, Alberto ^a   Colombo, Renzo ^a   Bertini, Roberto ^a   Da Pozzo, Luigi F ^a   Zanni, Giuseppe ^a   Sacca, Antonio ^a   Rocchini, Lorenzo ^a   Guazzoni, Giorgio ^a   Rigatti, Patrizio ^a   Montorsi, Francesco ^a  

^a VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Follow up; Orgasm; Orgasmic function; Prostate cancer; Prostatectomy

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHODIESTERASE V INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILATERAL NERVE SPARING RADICAL RETROPUBIC PROSTATECTOMY; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCONTINENCE QUESTIONNAIRE; INTERNATIONAL INDEX OF ERECTILE FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORGASM DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; URINE INCONTINENCE;

EID: 74049108117     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2009.01518.x     Document Type: Article

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