Surgical Treatment of Erectile Dysfunction

Standard Practice in Sexual Medicine

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 126-148

  Sohn, Michael ^a   Martín Morales, Antonio ^b  

^a Frankfurter Diakonie Kliniken GmbH   (Germany)

^b HOSPITAL REGIONAL UNIVERSITARIO DE MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Blood supply; Erectile dysfunction; Penis; Surgical procedure; Surgical treatment

Indexed keywords

EID: 74049153549     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470755235.ch12     Document Type: Chapter

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