Sexual Dysfunction after Rectal Surgery: A Retrospective Study of Men without Disease Recurrence

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 3199-3205

  Zugor, Vahudin ^a   Miskovic, Ivica ^b   Lausen, Berthold ^b   Matzel, Klaus ^b   Hohenberger, Werner ^b   Schreiber, Mathias ^b   Labanaris, Apostolos P ^c   Neuhuber, Winfried ^b   Witt, Jörn ^a   Schott, Günter E ^b  

^a Department of Urology   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

^c Martha Maria Medical Center   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carcinoma of the rectum; Erectile dysfunction; Pelvic nerves; Radiation; Rectal surgery; Sexual function after nerve sparing surgery

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; COLOSTOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EJACULATION DISORDER; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; GERMANY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERNATIONAL INDEX OF ERECTILE FUNCTION; LIBIDO DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORGASM DISORDER; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECTUM CANCER; RECTUM CARCINOMA; RECTUM RESECTION; RECTUM SURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UROLOGICAL CARE;

EID: 77956288159     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2010.01846.x     Document Type: Article

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