Optimal Timing to Evaluate Prediagnostic Baseline Erectile Function in Patients Undergoing Robot‐Assisted Radical Prostatectomy

To more accurately assess the prediagnostic baseline EF in patients with localized prostate cancer, the IIEF‐5 questionnaire should be administered before prostate biopsy rather than before RLRP as cancer diagnosis‐related symptoms and depression can affect IIEF‐5 scores. Kim DS, Chung YG, Kim DJ, Park KK, Chung MS, Lee DH, Lee SH, Mah SY, and Chung BH. Optimal timing to evaluate prediagnostic baseline erectile function in patients undergoing robot‐assisted radical prostatectomy. J Sex Med 2012;9:602-607.