Erectile rehabilitation with intracavernous alprostadil after radical prostatectomy: Refusal and dropout rates

BJU International

Volumn 110, Issue 11 C, 2012, Pages

  Polito, Massimo ^a   D'anzeo, Gianluca ^a   Conti, Alessandro ^a   Muzzonigro, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alprostadil; Dropout; PGE1; Radical prostatectomy; Refusal; Rehabilitation; Sexual

Indexed keywords

PROSTAGLANDIN E1; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COUNSELING; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMAN; INCONTINENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATECTOMY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REHABILITATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL REHABILITATION; SEXUALITY; TREATMENT REFUSAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FOLLOW UP; INJECTION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT; PENIS; PENIS ERECTION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROSTATE TUMOR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ALPROSTADIL; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DROPOUTS; PENILE ERECTION; PENIS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT REFUSAL; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84873268542     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2012.11484.x     Document Type: Article

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