Searchable abstracts of presentations at key conferences in endocrinology

ea0011p682 | Reproduction | ECE2006

Effect of chronic tadalafil administration on penile hypoxia induced by cavernous neurotomy in the rat

Vignozzi L , Morelli A , Filippi S , Donati S , Luconi M , Zhang XH , Ambrosini S , Vannelli GB , Mirone V , Forti G , Maggi M

Objectives: Radical prostatectomy is an effective therapy for clinically localized prostate cancer. A significant number of men develops post-prostatectomy erectile dysfunction (PPED), due to surgery-related nervous damage. PPED is relatively refractory to PDE5i therapy. In a rat model of bilateral cavernous neurotomy we evaluated whether chronic tadalafil treatment (CTT) could ameliorate anatomical and functional damage to corpora cavernosa (CC).Methods...