The Surgical Management of Lichen Sclerosus of the Glans Penis: Our Experience and Review of the Literature

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1246-1253

  Garaffa, Giulio ^a   Shabbir, Majid ^a   Christopher, Nim ^a   Minhas, Suks ^a   Ralph, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Balanitis Xerotica Obliterans; Glans Resurfacing; Lichen Sclerosus; Penile Cancer; Phimosis; Scleroatrophic Inflammatory Process of the Penis

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ADULT; AGED; CIRCUMCISION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LICHEN SCLEROSUS ET ATROPHICUS; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PENIS DISEASE; PHIMOSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PREPUCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETHRA; URINARY TRACT FUNCTION;

EID: 79953298165     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2010.02165.x     Document Type: Article

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