Penile prosthesis no longer intervention of last resort for erectile dysfunction?

[Penile prosthesis for the treatment of erectile dysfunction].

The erectile dysfunction is a pathology that, with different degrees of intensity, affects nearly the 20% of the spanish adult men. The treatment is usually performed in stages, reserving the penile prosthesis for when other previous treatments have failed. The aim of this work is to evaluate, according to the state of present knowledge, the effectiveness and security of the penile prosthesis f...

Penile prosthesis surgery for end stage erectile dysfunction

Penile prosthesis surgery in the management of erectile dysfunction

INTRODUCTION We reviewed retrospectively the use of penile prostheses, including the indications and complications of penile prosthesis surgery. METHODS We identified publications and the reported advances in penile prosthesis surgery between 1987 and 2012 in Pub-Med, and published information from American Medical Systems, Inc. (Minnetonka, MN, USA) and Coloplast Corporation (Humlebaek, Denm...

Long-term survival and patient satisfaction with inflatable penile prosthesis for the treatment of erectile dysfunction

PURPOSE We investigated the long-term survival and patient satisfaction with an inflatable penile prosthesis as a treatment for refractory erectile dysfunction (ED). MATERIALS AND METHODS Between July 1997 and September 2014, a total of 74 patients underwent implantation of an inflatable penile prosthesis. The present mechanical status of the prosthesis was ascertained by telephone interview ...

Outcome of implanting penile prosthesis for treating erectile dysfunction: experience with 42 cases.

AIM To report a short-time result of three-piece inflatable penile prosthesis (IPP) implantation on treating patients with organic erectile dysfunction (ED). METHODS Three-piece IPPs were implanted in 42 Chinese patients with ED refractory to systemic treatment between May 2002 and May 2004. The etiologies of ED were neurogenic (28 with paraplegia and seven with traumatic nervi-erigentes inju...