title: Penile prosthesis: psychologic factors.
abstract: A thirty-one-year-old paraplegic male requested a penile prosthesis. Psychiatric evaluations were done of both the patient and his wife. Within seventy-two hours of his arriving home with the prosthesis installed, his wife left their house to seek a divorce. The implications of this event for selecting patients for such devices are explored. Reservations are expressed about a prosthesis being inserted for patients married after the onset of impotence.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004243:Divorce; D007172:Erectile Dysfunction / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007406:Interview, Psychological; D008297:Male; D008393:Marriage; D010264:Paraplegia; D010413:Penis; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D012649:Self Concept; D013315:Stress, Psychological