title: Use of a polytetrafluoroethylene tube graft as a circumferential neotunica during placement of a penile prosthesis.
abstract: Various techniques have evolved for augmentation of the tunica albuginea in cases when tunical tissue has been found deficient during penile prosthesis implantation. An intraoperative situation occurred in which the size of the tunical defect did not permit primary tunical closure or allow for approximation by placement of a tunical patch graft. In this case, to ensure satisfactory insertion of a penile prosthesis a polytetrafluoroethylene (Gore-Tex) tube graft was used as a circumferential neotunica.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Boston University Medical Center, Massachusetts.
authors.forename: A D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Seftel
authors.forename: R D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Oates
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Goldstein
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D015917:Penile Prosthesis; D010413:Penis / Q000601:surgery*; D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene; D019736:Prostheses and Implants
chemical_list: D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene