Impact of Plasmakinetic Enucleation of the Prostate (PKEP) on Sexual Function: Results of a Prospective Trial

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1473-1481

  Zhao, Zhigang ^a   Ma, Wenjing ^a   Xuan, Xujun ^b   Ou, Lili ^a   Liang, Yeping ^a   Zeng, Guohua ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SUN YAT SEN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL OF SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH); Erectile function (EF); Lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS); Plasmakinetic prostatectomy; Sexual dysfunction; Transurethral enucleation of the prostate

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EJACULATION; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL INDEX OF ERECTILE FUNCTION; INTERNATIONAL PROSTATE SYMPTOM SCORE; LOWER URINARY TRACT SYMPTOM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLASMAKINETIC ENUCLEATION OF THE PROSTATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; PROSTATE SURGERY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; URINE FLOW RATE; URINE VOLUME;

EID: 84860305716     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2011.02522.x     Document Type: Article

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