Erectile function outcomes after robot-assisted radical prostatectomy: Is it superior to open retropubic or laparoscopic approach?

Sexual Medicine Reviews

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 10-23

  Isgoren, Abidin Egemen ^a   Saitz, Theodore R ^b   Serefoglu, Ege Can ^b,c  

^a ATATURK TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BAGCILAR TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Erectile Dysfunction; Erectile Function; Prostate Cancer; Radical Prostatectomy; Robotic Radical Prostatectomy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; ERECTILE FUNCTION; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM FUNCTION; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NEUROVASCULAR BUNDLE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATECTOMY; ROBOT ASSISTED RADICAL PROSTATECTOMY;

EID: 84979849264     PISSN: 20500513     EISSN: 20500521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smrj.21     Document Type: Review

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