Review by ARTURO CALPISTA STEFANO LAI ANDREA AGOSTINI MARIANGELA MANCINI WALTER ARTIBANI
Department of Urology, University of Padova, Italy.
TABLE 1.
Author |
Year |
Patients n. |
Female |
Bladder dysfunction (%) |
Erection dysfunction (%) |
Havenga 23 |
1996 |
138 |
39 |
32 |
17 |
Maas 24 |
1998 |
47 |
30 |
28 |
11 |
Maurer 25 |
1999 |
60 |
36 |
24 |
24 |
Sterk 26 |
2005 |
52 |
30 |
24,8 |
27 |
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