A pilot study to determine penile oxygen saturation before and after vacuum therapy in patients with erectile dysfunction after radical prostatectomy

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1071-1077

  Welliver, R Charles ^a   Mechlin, Clay ^b   Goodwin, Brianne ^c   Alukal, Joseph P ^d   Mccullough, Andrew R ^e  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Urology Associates of Central Missouri   (United States)

^c ALBANY LAW SCHOOL   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Erectile dysfunction; Oximetry; Penile rehabilitation; Prostate cancer; Radical prostatectomy; Vacuum erection device

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; MALE; OXIMETER; OXIMETRY; OXYGEN SATURATION; PENILE BLOOD FLOW; PENILE FIBROSIS; PENIS; PENIS ERECTION; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTATECTOMY; TISSUE OXYGENATION; UROLOGICAL THERAPEUTIC DEVICE; VACUUM ERECTION DEVICE;

ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; OXIMETRY; PENILE REHABILITATION; PROSTATE CANCER; RADICAL PROSTATECTOMY; VACUUM ERECTION DEVICE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXIMETRY; OXYGEN; PENIS; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; VACUUM;

EID: 84897560645     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jsm.12445     Document Type: Article

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