A prospective study on patient's erectile function following transrectal ultrasound guided prostate biopsy

Archivio Italiano di Urologia e Andrologia

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 265-268

  Palumbo, Fabrizio ^a   Bettocchi, Carlo ^a   Spilotros, Marco ^a   Vavallo, Antonio ^a   Palazzo, Silvano ^a   Ditonno, Pasquale ^a   Martino, Pasquale ^a   Battaglia, Michele ^a   Selvaggi, Francesco Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Erectile function; Prostate biopsy

Indexed keywords

FINASTERIDE;

AGED; BLOOD SAMPLING; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSULTATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMOTION; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PENIS ERECTION; PERCEPTION; PHYSICAL STRESS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTATE BIOPSY; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATE DISEASE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SOCIAL STRESS; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTATE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RECTUM; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 79951611121     PISSN: 11243562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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