title: Penile prosthesis: patient teaching and perioperative care.
abstract: As more options become available for treating erectile dysfunction (ED), more men are seeking treatment. Despite excellent efficacy of available medical management, a percentage of these patients will be refractory to the less invasive options for treatment, leaving the surgical implantation of a penile prosthesis as their remaining option for definitive treatment of ED. The patient seeking penile prosthesis surgery faces many challenges as he proceeds through the perioperative processes. A thorough understanding of indications, preoperative assessment and teaching, intraoperative procedure, and postoperative care and teaching for the patient receiving a penile prosthesis will enable him to achieve the best possible outcome.
authors: Section of Urology, Ann Arbor Veterans' Affairs Health System, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
authors: Susanne A
authors: SA
authors: Quallich
authors: Dana A
authors: DA
authors: Ohl
mesh_terms: D000075202:Contraindications; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010351:Patient Discharge; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D015917:Penile Prosthesis; D011182:Postoperative Care; D011300:Preoperative Care; D011474:Prosthesis Design