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| K K ChenSummaryAffiliation: Taipei Veterans General Hospital Country: Taiwan Publications
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The efficacy and safety of vardenafil in East Asian men with erectile dysfunctionKuang Kuo Chen
Taipei Veteran General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
J Sex Med 4:753-61. 2007..Previous clinical studies assessing the efficacy and safety of vardenafil, an oral phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitor, in men with erectile dysfunction (ED) have consisted mostly of Caucasian patients...- Effect of Epimedium brevicornum Maxim extract on elicitation of penile erection in the ratKuang Kuo Chen
Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
Urology 67:631-5. 2006..To investigate the effect and mechanism of a Chinese medicine (Epimedium brevicornum Maxim [EbM]) on elicitation of penile erection in the rat... - Efficacy and safety of on-demand oral tadalafil in the treatment of men with erectile dysfunction in Taiwan: a randomized, double-blind, parallel, placebo-controlled clinical studyKuang Kuo Chen
Department of Surgery, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan
J Sex Med 1:201-8. 2004..Past clinical trials have assessed its efficacy and safety in western populations. Tadalafil has not been investigated in a large clinical trial with a South-east Asian population... - ASSESS-3: a randomised, double-blind, flexible-dose clinical trial of the efficacy and safety of oral sildenafil in the treatment of men with erectile dysfunction in TaiwanK K Chen
Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
Int J Impot Res 13:221-9. 2001..2, 6.7 and 5.9% of patients, respectively), and most were mild in nature. The efficacy and safety of sildenafil in the population of Taiwanese men appears similar to that reported in other studies in western populations... - Involvement of L-arginine/nitric oxide pathway at the paraventricular nucleus of hypothalamus in central neural regulation of penile erection in the ratK K Chen
Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
Int J Impot Res 14:139-45. 2002.... - Epimedium brevicornum Maxim extract relaxes rabbit corpus cavernosum through multitargets on nitric oxide/cyclic guanosine monophosphate signaling pathwayJ H Chiu
Institute of Traditional Medicine, School of Medicine, National Yang Ming University, Peitou, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
Int J Impot Res 18:335-42. 2006..We concluded that extract of EbM relax the CC smooth muscle through multitargets in NO/cGMP/PDE 5 pathway and might bring into perspective the treatment strategy for those patients with erectile dysfunction... - Intracavernosal pressure characteristics analyzed by power spectral density for identifying the phase of penile erectionW R Han
Institute of Biomedical Engineering, National Yang Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
Int J Impot Res 21:336-42. 2009..75. The described novel objective and low-invasiveness method can therefore be used for identifying the full and rigid erection phases of the penis in urological investigations during different erection phases... - Efficacy and safety of tadalafil for the treatment of erectile dysfunction: results of integrated analysesGerald B Brock
Department of Surgery, Division of Urology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada
J Urol 168:1332-6. 2002..Tadalafil was well tolerated, and headache and dyspepsia were the most frequent adverse events. CONCLUSIONS: Tadalafil was effective and well tolerated in this patient population... - Recovery of microvascular blood perfusion and energy metabolism of the obstructed rabbit urinary bladder after relieving outlet obstructionA Tong-Long Lin
Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, Veterans General Hospital Taipei and National Yang Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
Eur Urol 34:448-53. 1998.... - High failure rate using allograft fascia lata in pubovaginal sling surgery for female stress urinary incontinenceY H Huang
Departments of Surgery, Division of Urology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Shu-Tien Urological Research Center, Taipei, Taiwan, People's Republic of China
Urology 58:943-6. 2001..CONCLUSIONS: Solvent dehydrated gamma-irradiated allograft fascia is not reliable in pubovaginal sling surgery. The high failure rates within a short period prohibit its use in the operative management of stress urinary incontinence... - Postchemotherapy retroperitoneal residual mass in infantile yolk sac tumorJ Y Kuo
Division of Urology, Veterans General Hospital Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
Int J Urol 6:116-8. 1999..Persistent postchemotherapy retroperitoneal residual mass with normalization of alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) in infantile yolk sac tumor is rare... - Induction of CDK inhibitors (p21(WAF1) and p27(Kip1)) and Bak in the beta-lapachone-induced apoptosis of human prostate cancer cellsM J Don
National Research Institute of Chinese Medicine, Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, Taipei-Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan, Republic of China
Mol Pharmacol 59:784-94. 2001.... - Prospective radionuclide renal function evaluation and its correlation with radiological findings in patients with Kock pouch urinary diversionK K Chen
Department of Surgery, Veterans General Hospital Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
J Urol 145:952-5. 1991..Also the abnormal peak time and third segment on the renogram usually implicated a dilated upper urinary tract... - Effects of botulinum toxin A on the contractile function of dog prostateAlex Tong Long Lin
Division of Urology, Department of Surgery and Pathology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
Eur Urol 52:582-9. 2007..To study effects of botulinum toxin A (BoNT/A) on prostate contractile function in dogs... - Prevalence and correlates of erectile dysfunction (ED) and treatment seeking for ED in Asian Men: the Asian Men's Attitudes to Life Events and Sexuality (MALES) studyHui Meng Tan
Subang Jaya Medical Center, Selangor, Malaysia
J Sex Med 4:1582-92. 2007..There have been limited multiregional studies in Asia examining the parameters of men's general and sexual health and quality of life in the general population vs. those in clinical cohorts of patients with erectile dysfunction (ED)... - Pan-urethral wart treated with 5-fluorouracil intraurethral instillationYu Ching Wen
Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan, ROC
J Chin Med Assoc 69:391-2. 2006..After 18 doses of 5-FU solution urethral instillation, no visible wart lesions were noted. He has been asymptomatic with no voiding difficulty for more than 1 year... - Hardness evaluation of penile prosthesesShyh Jen Wang
Division of Experimental Surgery, Department of Surgery, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, and Department of Urology, School of Medicine, National Yang Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
Int J Urol 13:569-72. 2006..This work investigates the hardness and buckling force of penile prostheses to further understand the rigidity of penile prostheses before and after implantation... - Long-term efficacy and safety of sildenafil for patients with erectile dysfunctionJow-Yu Sheu
Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
J Chin Med Assoc 66:480-6. 2003..The adverse events after sildenafil were mild and tolerable. Recovery of complete or partial spontaneous erection was noted in some patients (21.5% in our study) after long-term usage of sildenafil... - Detrusor mitochondrial lipid peroxidation and superoxide dismutase activity in partial bladder outlet obstruction of rabbitsAlex Tong Long Lin
Department of Surgery, Division of Urology, School of Medicine and Shu Tien Urological Research Center, National Yang Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
Neurourol Urodyn 24:282-7. 2005..One likely cause for mitochondrial injury is reactive oxygen species (ROS)-induced damages, including lipid peroxidation injury. We designed this study to examine this hypothesis... - Prevalence and clinical characteristics of simple renal cystChang Chi Chang
Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
J Chin Med Assoc 70:486-91. 2007..We investigated simple renal cysts to understand the prevalence in healthy individuals and evaluate their clinical characteristics to determine whether or not there are any risk factors associated with simple renal cysts... - Psychological profile of Taiwanese interstitial cystitis patientsYu Hua Fan
Department of Urology, National Yang Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
Int J Urol 15:416-8. 2008..The present study investigated the psychological profile, including anxiety and depression, of patients suffering from interstitial cystitis (IC)... - Evaluation of purinergic mechanism for the treatment of voiding dysfunction: a study in conscious spinal cord-injured ratsShing Hwa Lu
Department of Urology, National Yang Ming University School of Medicine, Division of Urology, Taipei City Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
J Chin Med Assoc 70:439-44. 2007..To investigate the effect of a selective P2X(3-)P2X(2/3) purinergic receptor antagonist (a-317491) on detrusor hyperreflexia in conscious chronic spinal cord-injured female rats... - Psychological profile of female patients with dysfunctional voidingYu Hua Fan
Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
Urology 71:625-9. 2008..We conducted this study to evaluate the psychological profile of female patients afflicted with dysfunctional voiding... - Presentation of female urethral diverticulum is usually not typicalYu Lung Chang
Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
Urol Int 80:41-5. 2008..This paper relates to our experience on the diversity of presenting symptoms and signs of female urethral diverticula... - Short-term effects of desmopressin on water and electrolyte excretion in adults with nocturnal polyuriaYu Lung Chang
Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, Taipei Veterans General Hospital and Department of Urology, National Yang Ming University, School of Medicine, No 201 Sec 2 Shih Pai Road, Taipei, Taiwan 11217
J Urol 177:2227-9; discussion 2230. 2007..However, data on the effect of desmopressin on water/electrolyte excretion in adults are scarce. We present the short-term effects of desmopressin on water and electrolyte excretion in adult patients with nocturnal polyuria... - Comparison of prevalence between self-reported erectile dysfunction and erectile dysfunction as defined by five-item International Index of Erectile Function in Taiwanese men older than 40 yearsChi Ju Wu
Shu Tien Urology Clinic, Chung Shan Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
Urology 69:743-7. 2007..To conduct a cohort study in men older than 40 years in Taiwan to evaluate the prevalence of erectile dysfunction (ED) by self-report and the use of the abridged, five-item version of the International Index of Erectile Function (IIEF-5)... - Voiding pattern of healthy Taiwanese womenYi-Hsiu Huang
Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, Taipei City Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
Urol Int 77:322-6. 2006..Additionally, this study found that for healthy women, age and menstruation status significantly affect voiding patterns. Analysis of female voiding behavior thus should consider these two factors... - Stress urinary incontinence as the presenting symptom of primary male urethral diverticulum-A case report and literature reviewShao Chuan Wang
Department of Surgery, Division of Urology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, National Yang Ming University, No 201 Section 2 Shih Pai Road, Taipei, Taiwan 11217, China
Neurourol Urodyn 26:271-3. 2007..A congenital type bulbar urethral diverticulum is diagnosed by voiding cystourethrography and cystourethroscopy. Endoscopic unroofing of the diverticulum freed the patient from stress urinary incontinence after the surgery... - Correlation between serum prostate specific antigen and prostate volume in Taiwanese men with biopsy proven benign prostatic hyperplasiaYu-Lung Chang
Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, No. 201 Section 2 Shih-Pai Road, Taipei, Taiwan 11217, Republic of China
J Urol 176:196-9. 2006..However, the prostate specific antigen-total prostate volume relationship between Taiwanese and Japanese men is similar... - Correlation between voiding and erectile function in patients with symptomatic benign prostatic hyperplasiaWei-Jung Huang
Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
J Chin Med Assoc 68:178-82. 2005..The mean age of patients with, versus those without, ED was significantly greater. CONCLUSION: Voiding and EF, assessed by the AUA-SI and IIEF-15 questionnaires, respectively, are not correlated in patients with BPH... - Experience of surgical treatment of peyronie's disease with deep dorsal venous patch graft in Taiwanese menYen-Shen Hsu
Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
J Chin Med Assoc 66:487-91. 2003..CONCLUSIONS: Deep dorsal vein patch harvested from patients' own penis had a satisfied outcome from a Taiwanese cohort. For smaller Peyronie's defect, especially in Asian men, deep dorsal vein patch is a graft of choice... - Effect of excitatory amino acid receptor agonists on penile erection after administration into paraventricular nucleus of hypothalamus in the ratKuang-Kuo Chen
Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan, People's Republic of China
Urology 62:575-80. 2003..CONCLUSIONS: The results of this study suggest that ionotropic excitatory amino acid (NMDA) may have an effect on inducing penile erection through activation of the PVN in the rat... - Unusually high incidence of upper urinary tract urothelial carcinoma in TaiwanMuh-Hwa Yang
Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital and National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
Urology 59:681-7. 2002..UUT-UC carried a more aggressively clinical behavior than UB-UC; tumor location influences patient survival markedly in patients with early-stage disease or favorable prognostic factors...