Long-term followup in patients with an inflatable penile prosthesis.
An inflatable penile prosthesis was implanted in 95 patients between 1977 and 1983. The patients were divided into 3 groups with roughly equal numbers studied during 2-year intervals. Of the prostheses 48 per cent have been revised or removed, or have failed during followup. The complication rate increased with the duration of followup.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004868:Equipment Failure; D007172:Erectile Dysfunction / Q000601:surgery*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010413:Penis; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D012086:Reoperation