Erectile function restoration after repair of excised cavernous nerves by autologous vein graft in rats

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 3365-3372

  Hu, Wanli ^a   Cheng, Bei ^b   Liu, Tongzu ^a   Li, Shiwen ^a   Tian, Yihao ^b  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cavernous Nerve; Erectile Dysfunction; Erectile Function Restoration; Radical Prostatectomy; Vein Graft

Indexed keywords

APOMORPHINE; FLUOROGOLD; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ADULT ANIMAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; DORSAL ROOT; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; MALE; NERVE FIBER; NERVE INJURY; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE STUMP; NEURECTOMY; NONHUMAN; PENIS ERECTION; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; VEIN GRAFT;

EID: 77957358809     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2010.01730.x     Document Type: Article

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