Management of residual penile curvature after penile prosthesis placement

Penile Corporeal Reconstruction during Difficult Placement of a Penile Prosthesis

For some patients with impotence and concomitant severe tunical/corporeal tissue fibrosis, insertion of a penile prosthesis is the only option to restore erectile function. Closing the tunica over an inflatable penile prosthesis in these patients can be challenging. We review our previous study which included 15 patients with severe corporeal or tunical fibrosis who underwent corporeal reconstr...

Penile Enhancement Procedures with Simultaneous Penile Prosthesis Placement

Here we present an overview of various techniques performed concomitantly during penile prosthesis surgery to enhance penile length and girth. We report on the technique of ventral phalloplasty and its outcomes along with augmentation corporoplasty, suprapubic lipectomy, suspensory ligament release, and girth enhancement procedures. For the serious implanter, outcomes can be improved by combini...

Troubleshooting intraoperative complications of penile prosthesis placement

Placement of a penile prosthesis is an excellent option for well-selected patients, offering high patient satisfaction and a low rate of complications. Most urologists who perform the procedure are not high volume implanters and may have limited experience with troubleshooting intraoperative issues. In this review, the authors use current literature to provide recommendations for the management...

Male Sexual Dysfunction Subcutaneous Placement of Inflatable Penile Prosthesis Reservoirs

Post-operative antibiotics following placement of a penile prosthesis

tau.amegroups.com © Translational Andrology and Urology. All rights reserved. One of the most devastating complications that can occur following a penile prosthesis is infectious in nature (1,2). Consequently, both proper patient selection and risk management are essential for prosthetic surgeons. In a recent paper by Palma-Zamora et al. (1) published in the current issue of Translational Andro...