Preservation of sexual function when relieving benign prostatic obstruction surgically: Can a trade-off be considered?

Current Opinion in Urology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 42-48

  Chung, Amanda ^a   Woo, Henry H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

benign prostatic hyperplasia; ejaculation; erectile dysfunction; lower urinary tract symptoms; sexual function

Indexed keywords

BENIGN PROSTATIC OBSTRUCTION; CONVECTIVE WATER VAPOUR ENERGY; DIODE LASER; EJACULATION; HOLMIUM LASER; HUMAN; LASER PROSTATECTOMY; LOWER URINARY TRACT SYMPTOM; MALE; OPEN SIMPLE PROSTATECTOMY; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 4 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PLASMAKINETIC VAPORIZATION OF THE PROSTATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE DISEASE; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC URETHRAL LIFT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; THULIUM YAG LASER; TRANSURETHRAL ELECTROVAPORIZATION; TRANSURETHRAL INCISION OF THE PROSTATE; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION; ADVERSE EFFECTS; COMPLICATION; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; LOWER URINARY TRACT SYMPTOMS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PENIS ERECTION; PROCEDURES; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY BLADDER NECK OBSTRUCTION;

EJACULATION; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; LOWER URINARY TRACT SYMPTOMS; MALE; PENILE ERECTION; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY BLADDER NECK OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 84952629650     PISSN: 09630643     EISSN: 14736586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOU.0000000000000247     Document Type: Review

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