Testicular prostheses in patients with testicular cancer - Acceptance rate and patient satisfaction Urological oncology

BMC Urology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Dieckmann, Klaus Peter ^a   Anheuser, Petra ^a   Schmidt, Stefan ^b   Soyka Hundt, Benjamin ^a   Pichlmeier, Uwe ^c   Schriefer, Philipp ^c   Matthies, Cord ^b   Hartmann, Michael ^c   Ruf, Christian G ^b  

^a ALBERTINEN KRANKENHAUS   (Germany)

^b Department of Urology Bundeswehrkrankenhaus Hamburg ^*  (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Body appearance; Masculinity; Orchiectomy; Quality of life; Testicular cancer; Testicular prosthesis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURGERY; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SCROTUM; TESTIS CANCER; TESTIS PROSTHESIS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BODY IMAGE; GERMANY; NEOPLASMS, GERM CELL AND EMBRYONAL; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREVALENCE; PROSTHESES AND ORTHOSES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REHABILITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEXUALITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BODY IMAGE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS, GERM CELL AND EMBRYONAL; ORCHIECTOMY; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREVALENCE; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEXUAL PARTNERS; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84924978331     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12894-015-0010-0     Document Type: Article

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