The relationship between lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS), diagnostic indicators of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), and erectile dysfunction in patients with moderate to severely symptomatic BPH

Ozayar A., Zumrutbas A. E., YAMAN M. Ö.

INTERNATIONAL UROLOGY AND NEPHROLOGY, vol.40, no.4, pp.933-939, 2008 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 40 Issue: 4
  • Publication Date: 2008
  • Doi Number: 10.1007/s11255-008-9386-z
  • Journal Name: INTERNATIONAL UROLOGY AND NEPHROLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.933-939
  • Keywords: Benign prostatic hyperplasia, Erectile dysfunction, Lower urinary tract symptoms, Prostate volume, Urine flow rate, INTERNATIONAL INDEX, SILDENAFIL CITRATE, SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, MEN, ASSOCIATION, COMMUNITY
  • Ankara University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

To evaluate the relationship between lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS), different diagnostic indicators of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), and erectile dysfunction (ED) in a selected group of BPH patients with moderate-or-severe symptoms, for whom either transurethral or open prostatectomy was planned.