Reinnervating the Penis in Spina Bifida Patients in the United States: Ilioinguinal-to-Dorsal-Penile Neurorrhaphy in Two Cases

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2593-2597

  Jacobs, Micah A ^a,b   Avellino, Anthony M ^c,d   Shurtleff, David ^d   Lendvay, Thomas S ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d SEATTLE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Genital Sensation; Ilioinguinal Nerve; Reinnervation; Spina Bifida; Spinal Cord Injury

Indexed keywords

HEMOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; ILIAC CREST; INCISION; INGUINAL CANAL; INGUINAL REGION; INTERNATIONAL INDEX OF ERECTILE FUNCTION; MALE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PARESTHESIA; PENETRATIVE SEX; PENIS; PENIS GLANS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESSURE SENSATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REHABILITATION CARE; REINNERVATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUAL HEALTH; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SKIN SENSATION; SPERM; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM; TOUCH;

GENITAL SENSATION; ILIOINGUINAL NERVE; REINNERVATION; SPINA BIFIDA; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

ADULT; COITUS; EJACULATION; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PENILE ERECTION; PENIS; PUDENDAL NERVE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SENSATION; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MALE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84885945983     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jsm.12255     Document Type: Article

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