Recovery of Erectile Function After Nerve Sparing Radical Prostatectomy and Penile Rehabilitation With Nightly Intraurethral Alprostadil Versus Sildenafil Citrate

Journal of Urology

Volumn 183, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2451-2456

  McCullough, Andrew R ^a   Hellstrom, Wayne G ^a   Wang, Run ^a   Lepor, Herbert ^a   Wagner, Kristofer R ^a   Engel, Jason D ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

alprostadil; erectile dysfunction; penis; prostatectomy; rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

PROSTAGLANDIN E1; SILDENAFIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURNING SENSATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE ESCALATION; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DRUG SELF ADMINISTRATION; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; EVENING DOSAGE; FLUSHING; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL INDEX OF ERECTILE FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NERVE SPARING PROSTATECTOMY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PENILE BURNING SENSATION; PENIS ERECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATECTOMY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; SIDE EFFECT;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ALPROSTADIL; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENILE ERECTION; PHOSPHODIESTERASE INHIBITORS; PIPERAZINES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTATECTOMY; PURINES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SULFONES; URETHRA; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 77951963492     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2010.01.062     Document Type: Article

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