Open Access30-day adverse event rates following penile prosthesis surgery: an American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program based evaluation
Author(s) -
Isaac PalmaZamora,
Akshay Sood,
Ali Dabaja
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
translational andrology and urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.721
H-Index - 27
eISSN - 2223-4691
pISSN - 2223-4683
DOI - 10.21037/tau.2017.04.25
Subject(s) - medicine , penile prosthesis , current procedural terminology , adverse effect , interquartile range , surgery , erectile dysfunction , psychological intervention , psychiatry
Commonly utilized as a third-line therapy for erectile dysfunction (ED) management, the penile prostheses have become a staple treatment for ED refractory to pharmacological interventions. There is however a paucity of data in the literature pertaining to short-term adverse outcomes following penile prosthesis surgery. We thus sought to leverage the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (ACS-NSQIP) to evaluate such outcomes within 30 days of surgery in these patients. We hypothesized that such data will lead to a more informed patient-physician consultation.