Long-term outcomes of penile prostheses for the treatment of erectile dysfunction

Expert Review of Medical Devices

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 353-366

  Trost, Landon W ^a,b   McCaslin, Ross ^a   Linder, Brian ^b   Hellstrom, Wayne Jg ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

erectile dysfunction; inflatable penile prostheses; malleable; Peyronie's disease; surgery; two piece

Indexed keywords

ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; MALLEABLE; MECHANICAL RELIABILITY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PEYRONIE'S DISEASE; PROSTHETIC DEVICES; SURGICAL TREATMENT; TWO PIECE;

SURGERY;

PROSTHETICS;

MINOCYCLINE; POLYETHYLENE; POLYURETHAN; POVIDONE; RIFAMPICIN; TITANIUM;

ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INFLATABLE PENIS PROSTHESIS; LONG TERM CARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PENILE FIBROSIS; PENIS PROSTHESIS; PEYRONIE DISEASE; PRIAPISM; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MALE; PENILE PROSTHESIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84877901073     PISSN: 17434440     EISSN: 17452422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/erd.12.92     Document Type: Review

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