FACTORS PREDICTING RECOVERY OF ERECTIONS AFTER RADICAL PROSTATECTOMY

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Authors

Alan M. F. Stapleton · Houston Methodist

Michael W. Kattan · Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Thomas M. Wheeler · Baylor College of Medicine

Peter T. Scardino · Baylor College of Medicine

Abstract

Knowledge of preoperative erectile function and patient age before the operation and the degree of neurovascular bundle preservation afterward may aid in patient counseling regarding potency recovery after radical prostatectomy.

Topics & Keywords

Sexual function and dysfunction studies Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Male Reproductive Health Studies

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: The Journal of Urology

Volume 164, Issue 6, pp. 1929-1934

DOI: 10.1016/s0022-5347(05)66921-2

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