Optimal strategy for penile rehabilitation after robot-assisted radical prostatectomy based on preoperative erectile function

BJU International

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 658-665

  Basal, Seref ^a,b   Wambi, Chris ^a   Acikel, Cengizhan ^b   Gupta, Mantu ^a   Badani, Ketan ^a  

^a Department of Medicine   (United States)

^b GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

erectile function recovery; penile rehabilitation programme; robot assisted radical prostatectomy

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHODIESTERASE V INHIBITOR;

ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DEVICE THERAPY; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; PENIS REHABILITATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; REHABILITATION; ROBOTICS; SCORING SYSTEM; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VACUUM ERECTION DEVICE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENILE ERECTION; PENILE PROSTHESIS; PHOSPHODIESTERASE 5 INHIBITORS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROBOTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 84875859026     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2012.11487.x     Document Type: Article

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