Patient expectations prior to coloplast titan penile prosthesis implant predicts postoperative satisfaction.
BACKGROUND
Managing and understanding expectations of patients prior to inflatable penile prosthesis (IPP) surgery is a critical. Clinicians vary in the way they explain the operation, and patients have varied expectations prior to surgery.


OBJECTIVE
The goal is to understand the role that preoperative counseling and patients' realistic understanding of IPP surgery play in determining postoperative satisfaction.


METHODS
21 Patients underwent IPP surgery, and received a preoperative expectations survey, then, 4 months later, gave a single score of 1-100 (1 is very dissatisfied, 100 is extremely satisfied).


METHODS
The results were correlated with an R(2) value and visualized on a scatter plot. This significance is tested using a two-tailed test.


RESULTS
Lower preoperative expectations scores correlated almost linearly with higher satisfaction scores after surgery. The R (Pearson) value was -0.489, with an R(2) of 0.239. This was significant using a two-tailed test, with a P value of 0.0245.


CONCLUSIONS
Giving patients an accurate description of the procedure and setting realistic expectations leads to higher postoperative satisfaction.
Kramer
Andrew C
AC
Department of Surgery, Division of Urology, The University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA. Electronic address: akramer@smail.umaryland.edu.
Schweber
Adam
A
Department of Surgery, Division of Urology, The University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001290:Attitude; D007172:Erectile Dysfunction / Q000523:psychology / Q000601:surgery*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D019935:Penile Implantation / Q000523:psychology*; D015917:Penile Prosthesis; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000523:psychology*; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology; D011936:Reality Testing; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires