Long-term evaluation of the inflatable penile prosthesis.
An in-depth evaluation of 88 patients who received inflatable penile prostheses generated survival plots for the prosthesis as a total unit and for each of the component parts. A plot of the prosthesis survival for first implantation revealed that 50 per cent survived 2.5 years without failure. Cylinder malfunction was responsible for the greatest decrease in prosthesis life expectancy.
D004868:Equipment Failure; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010413:Penis / Q000601:surgery*; D019736:Prostheses and Implants