title: Penile Prosthesis Implantation in Patients with a History of Total Phallic Construction.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Outcomes following penile prosthesis implantation in patients with a history of total phallic construction are not well described.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this study was to evaluate outcomes following neophallus penile prosthesis placement.
  
  
  METHODS
  Retrospective review penile prosthesis placement in patients with prior total phallic construction. GORE-TEX® (Gore Medical, Flagstaff, AZ) sleeve neotunica construction was utilized in all patients.
  
  
  METHODS
  Success defined as patient sexual activity with a functioning prosthesis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Thirty-one patients underwent neophallic prosthesis implantation at a mean 35.6 years of age. Prosthesis placement occurred at an average 56.3 months following phallic construction and follow-up was a mean of 59.7 months. Malleable prostheses were placed in 21 patients and inflatable in 10; implants were bilateral in 94%. Six percent experienced operative complications including a bladder injury (1) and phallic flap arterial injury (1). Postoperative complications occurred in 23% at a median 5.5 months following placement. Five prostheses were explanted secondary to infection or erosion and two additional required revisions. Of the explanted prosthesis two were later replaced without further complication. Eighty-one percent of patients were sexually active following prosthesis placement.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Penile prosthesis placement is possible in patients with prior penile reconstruction/phallic construction. Although complications rates appear to be elevated in this population compared with historic controls of normal anatomic men, the majority of patients in this series were sexually active following prosthesis placement. This demonstrates the utility of prosthesis implantation in these difficult patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Naval Medical Center San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Jack M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Zuckerman
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA, USA.
authors.forename: Katherine
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Smentkowski
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA, USA.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gilbert
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA, USA.
authors.forename: Oscar
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Storme
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA, USA.
authors.forename: Gerald
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Jordan
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA, USA.
authors.forename: Ramon
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Virasoro
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA, USA.
authors.forename: Jeremy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tonkin
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA, USA.
authors.forename: Kurt
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: McCammon
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010409:Penile Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D019935:Penile Implantation / Q000379:methods; D015917:Penile Prosthesis; D010413:Penis / Q000601:surgery*; D019919:Prosthesis Implantation; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: Neophallus; Penile Prosthesis; Phallic Construction; Transsexual