Changes in penile length after robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy

Journal of Endourology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 65-69

  Engel, Jason D ^a   Sutherland, Douglas E ^a   Williams, Stephen B ^b   Wagner, Kristofer R ^c  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c SCOTT AND WHITE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROSTAGLANDIN E1; SILDENAFIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MULTICENTER STUDY; MUSCLE LENGTH; PENIS; PENIS ERECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; PUBIC BONE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ROBOTICS;

FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; PENIS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSTATECTOMY; ROBOTICS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79951656849     PISSN: 08927790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/end.2010.0382     Document Type: Article

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