Corporoplasty using bovine pericardium grafts in complex penile prosthesis implantation surgery.
OBJECTIVE
This paper is the first, to our knowledge, to propose the use of a bovine pericardium graft in corporoplasty for penile prosthesis implantation. The advantages of bovine pericardium graft have been demonstrated by its use in cardiac surgery, including low cost, biocompatibility, impermeability, resistance to dilatation, flexibility, low likelihood of retraction, absence of antigenic reaction and natural absorption of the tissue. In this paper, we propose the use of this heterologous material graft in corporoplasty for penile prosthesis implantation.


METHODS
Five patients with a history of erosion, infection and fibrosis, mean time of follow-up 32 months (range 9-48 months). Bovine pericardium was used to cover large areas of implanted penile prostheses when use of the tunica albuginea was unfeasible.


RESULTS
The surgical procedure resulted in no complications in all patients.


CONCLUSIONS
Bovine pericardium may substitute synthetic and autologous material with the additional advantages of lower cost and greater availability.
Lopes
Eduardo J A
EJ
Section of Urology, School of Medicine, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.
Kuwano
Andre Y
AY
Guimaraes
Andreia N
AN
Flores
Jesuino P
JP
Jacobino
Modesto A O
MA
D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D002417:Cattle; D005355:Fibrosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019935:Penile Implantation / Q000379:methods*; D010413:Penis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D010496:Pericardium / Q000637:transplantation*; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D014183:Transplantation, Heterologous / Q000379:methods; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D001672:Biocompatible Materials