Transurethral resection of the prostate stands accused of causing impotence in patients: Should it be found culpable?

BJU International

Volumn 106, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 614-619

  Lynch, Michael J ^a  

^a O and G   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; GLYCINE; SORBITOL;

AGE; ANESTHESIA; ATTITUDE TO SEXUALITY; BLADDER NECK STENOSIS; COURT; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; IMPOTENCE; JURISPRUDENCE; LEGAL EVIDENCE; LIBIDO DISORDER; MORTALITY; NEUROPATHY; PENIS ERECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROGRADE EJACULATION; REVIEW; RIGIDITY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; THERMAL INJURY; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION; UNITED KINGDOM; URETHRA STRICTURE; WITNESS;

ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTATE; PROSTATIC DISEASES; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION OF PROSTATE; TRAUMA, NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 77955874364     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2010.09342.x     Document Type: Review

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