Anatomical studies of the neurovascular bundle and cavernosal nerves

BJU International

Volumn 94, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1071-1076

  Costello, Anthony J ^a,b   Brooks, Matthew ^a   Cole, Owen J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Cavernosal nerves; Neurovascular bundle; Prostate cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CAVERNOSAL NERVE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMAN; LEVATOR ANI MUSCLE; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; NERVE; NERVE ANASTOMOSIS; NERVE GRAFT; NERVE RECONSTRUCTION; NEUROMUSCULAR BUNDLE; PELVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; SURAL NERVE; SURGICAL ANATOMY;

AGED; CADAVER; HUMANS; HYPOGASTRIC PLEXUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENIS; SPLANCHNIC NERVES;

EID: 9644273894     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2004.05106.x     Document Type: Article

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