Effect of methylprednisolone on return of sexual function after nerve-sparing radical retropubic prostatectomy

Urology

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 987-990

  Parsons, J Kellogg ^a   Marschke, Penny ^a   Maples, Patricia ^a   Walsh, Patrick C ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE SPARING RADICAL RETROPUBIC PROSTATECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATECTOMY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SEXUAL FUNCTION; URINE INCONTINENCE; WOUND HEALING;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; HUMANS; IMPOTENCE; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 7944232247     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2004.06.048     Document Type: Article

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