Effect of surgical approach on erectile function recovery following bilateral nerve-sparing radical prostatectomy: An evaluation utilising data from a randomised, double-blind, double-dummy multicentre trial of tadalafil vs placebo

BJU International

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 241-251

  Stolzenburg, Jens Uwe ^a   Graefen, Markus ^b   Kriegel, Christian ^a   Michl, Uwe ^b   Martin Morales, Antonio ^c   Pommerville, Peter J ^d   Manning, Martina ^e   Büttner, Hartwig ^e   Henneges, Carsten ^e   Schostak, Martin ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^c Malaga Institute of Urology   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^e LILLY DEUTSCHLAND GMBH   (Germany)

^f Biometry and Medical Informatics Magdeburg University Medical Centre   (Germany)

Author keywords

erectile dysfunction; nerve sparing radical prostatectomy; prostate cancer; randomised clinical trial; surgical approach; tadalafil

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; TADALAFIL; CARBOLINE DERIVATIVE; URINARY TRACT AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; GLEASON SCORE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL INDEX OF ERECTILE FUNCTION; LAPAROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORGASM; PENIS ERECTION; PHASE 4 CLINICAL TRIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ROBOT ASSISTED SURGERY; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONVALESCENCE; DRUG EFFECTS; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS;

CARBOLINES; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; UROLOGICAL AGENTS;

EID: 84937513873     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bju.13030     Document Type: Article

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