Anatomic and technical considerations for optimizing recovery of sexual function during robotic-assisted radical prostatectomy

Current Opinion in Urology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 88-94

  Carter, Stacey ^a   Le, Jesse D ^a   Hu, Jim C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

prostate anatomy; robotic assisted radical prostatectomy; sexual function; surgical technique

Indexed keywords

BLEEDING; HUMAN; MALE; PENIS ERECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; REVIEW; ROBOTICS; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTATE; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; ROBOTICS; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84871248710     PISSN: 09630643     EISSN: 14736586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOU.0b013e32835b6602     Document Type: Review

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