Abstract

Between April, 1988 and August, 1990, the OmniPhase penile prosthesis, a non-inflatable self-contained penile prosthesis, was implanted in 34 patients, aged from 37 years to 79 years, averaging 54.2 years. The etiologies of the impotence were radical surgery for bladder cancer or rectal cancer in 17 patients, diabetes mellitus in 7 patients, vascular abnormality in 3 patients, spinal injury in 2 patients, penile disorders in 2 patients and others in 3 patients. Penile prosthesis was implanted by subcoronal incision under spinal or general anesthesia. Clinical results were evaluated 12 weeks after surgery. Thirty-two patients (94.1%) could have intercourse postoperatively. Eighteen patients (52.9%) were completely satisfied and 14 patients (41.2%) were satisfied, whereas one patient (2.9%) had no improvement and another patient (2.9%) deteriorated. There was no serious complication. However, prosthesis was explanted because of skin erosion in one patient. Pain, which lasted for more than 10 days, was seen in 3 patients (8.8%), penile edema in 11 patients (32.4%), and acute epididymitis in one patient. The obtained results showed that implantation of OmniPhase penile prosthesis is a safe and useful procedure for treatment of organic impotence.

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