Molecular mechanisms of vacuum therapy in penile rehabilitation: A novel animal study

European Urology

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 773-780

  Yuan, Jiuhong ^a,b   Lin, Haochen ^b,c   Li, Ping ^d   Zhang, Rongzheng ^d   Luo, Annie ^d   Berardinelli, Francesco ^e   Dai, Yutian ^c   Wang, Run ^b,d  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cavernous nerve injury; Erectile dysfunction; Penile rehabilitation; Radical prostatectomy; Vacuum erectile device; Vacuum therapy

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1ALPHA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; DEVICE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NERVE CRUSH; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PENIS; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE; VACUUM ERECTILE DEVICE; WISTAR HANNOVER RAT;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; ANOXIA; APOPTOSIS; COLLAGEN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; MALE; NERVE CRUSH; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; PENILE ERECTION; PENIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; VACUUM;

EID: 77957561569     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2010.07.005     Document Type: Article

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