Erectile Function Outcome after Bilateral Nerve Sparing Radical Prostatectomy: Which Patients May Be Left Untreated?

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 903-908

  Gallina, Andrea ^a   Ferrari, Matteo ^a   Suardi, Nazareno ^a   Capitanio, Umberto ^a   Abdollah, Firas ^a   Tutolo, Manuela ^a   Bianchi, Marco ^a   Saccà, Antonino ^a   Salonia, Andrea ^a   Rigatti, Patrizio ^a   Montorsi, Francesco ^a   Briganti, Alberto ^a  

^a VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Erectile Function; Radical Prostatectomy; Untreated Patients

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHODIESTERASE V INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILATERAL NERVE SPARING RADICAL PROSTATECTOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL INDEX OF ERECTILE FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM FUNCTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICAL RETROPUBIC PROSTATECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84857643798     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2011.02622.x     Document Type: Article

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