Surgery: Centers of excellence for penile prosthesis: yes or no?

Nature Reviews Urology

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 352-354

  Al Shaiji, Tariq F ^a   Brock, Gerald B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PENIS PROSTHESIS; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHORT SURVEY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM SURGERY; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; STANDARD;

ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMANS; MALE; PENILE IMPLANTATION; PENILE PROSTHESIS; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MALE;

EID: 77949434888     PISSN: 17594812     EISSN: 17594820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrurol.2009.109     Document Type: Short Survey

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