Effects of vardenafil on testicular torsion/detorsion damage: An experimental study in pigs

Urologia Internationalis

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 228-232

  Istanbulluoglu, Mustafa Okan ^a   Zor, Murat ^a   Celik, Asuman ^b   Cicek, Tufan ^c   Basal, Seref ^a   Ozgok, Aysegul ^d   Ustun, Huseyin ^b   Ozgok, Yasar ^a  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b ANKARA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^c BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d Yuksek Ihtisas Heart Education and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Detorsion; Phosphodiesterase 5 inhibitors; Testicular torsion detorsion damage; Torsion; Vardenafil

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; VARDENAFIL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; GERM CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPERFUSION INJURY; SWINE; TESTIS; TESTIS CELL; TESTIS INJURY; TESTIS TORSION;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; GERM CELLS; IMIDAZOLES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHOSPHODIESTERASE 5 INHIBITORS; PIPERAZINES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REPERFUSION INJURY; SPERMATIC CORD TORSION; SULFONES; SWINE; TRIAZINES;

EID: 79952986769     PISSN: 00421138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000321492     Document Type: Article

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