Potential effectiveness of pelvic floor rehabilitation treatment for postradical prostatectomy incontinence, climacturia, and erectile dysfunction: A case series

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 3496-3499

  Sighinolfi, Maria Chiara ^a   Rivalta, Massimo ^a   Mofferdin, Alessandro ^a   Micali, Salvatore ^a   De Stefani, Stefano ^a   Bianchi, Giampaolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Climacturia; Erectile Dysfunction; Pelvic Floor Rehabilitation; Radical Prostatecomy; Urinary Incontinence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CASE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAPER; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL INDEX OF ERECTILE FUNCTION; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MALE; MUSCLE EXERCISE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PATIENT COUNSELING; PELVIC FLOOR MUSCLE TRAINING; PENIS ERECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATECTOMY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINE INCONTINENCE; CLIMACTERIUM; HOSPITALIZATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PELVIS FLOOR; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSTATE TUMOR;

AGED; CLIMACTERIC; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIC FLOOR; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 77950910296     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2009.01493.x     Document Type: Article

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