Nerve-sparing radical prostatectomy with nightly low-dose sildenafil: Rehabilitation of erectile function;Nervenerhaltende radikale Prostatektomie mit niedrig dosiertem Sildenafil: Rehabilitation der erektilen Funktion

Urologe - Ausgabe A

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1516-1521

  Bannowsky, A ^a,b   Schulze, H ^a   Van Der Horst, C ^a   Junemann K P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^b Andreas Bannowsky Ltd   (Germany)

Author keywords

Erectile dysfunction; Nerve sparing radical prostatectomy; Nocturnal erection; Prostate cancer; Sildenafil

Indexed keywords

SILDENAFIL;

ARTICLE; BEDTIME DOSAGE; CATHETER REMOVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; NERVE SPARING RADICAL PROSTATECTOMY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PENIS ERECTION; PENIS NOCTURNAL TUMESCENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTATECTOMY; QUESTIONNAIRE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PIPERAZINES; PROSTATECTOMY; PURINES; SULFONES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 78651354932     PISSN: 03402592     EISSN: 14330563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00120-010-2453-y     Document Type: Article

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