TY - CHAP T1 - Infectious complications in penile prosthesis implant T2 - Urogenital Infections and Inflammations AU - Cosentino, Marco AU - Ruiz-Castañé, Eduard ED - Naber, Kurt G. AD - PhD Marco Cosentino, Casa di Cura Villa Maria, padova, Italy, Head of Urology and Andrology Department, 35100, Padova, Italien, E-mail: doccosentino@gmail.com N2 - Penile prosthesis implant is a safe and effective option in patients with drug resistant erectile dysfunction (both oral and injectable) and when all other options are ineffective for various reasons. Infection of device may be immediate (also more than 6 weeks after surgery) or late (also less than 2 months) but regardless of when it occurs, it is hard to manage and correct for both patient and surgeon. While the incidence of infection following first implant is very low and has decreased progressively during the past four decades to a current estimated rate of up to 3%, in cases of re-implant surgery the rate can reach as high as 18%. We undertook a systematic review of all issues relating to prosthesis infection, including causes and risk factors, methods of prevention, and management; we realized a critical revision of the theme of infection as complication of penile prosthesis implant. PY - 2019 DA - 2019/11/21 DO - 10.5680/lhuii000054 LA - en L1 - https://books.publisso.de/de/system/getFile/316 UR - https://dx.doi.org/10.5680/lhuii000054 L2 - https://dx.doi.org/10.5680/lhuii000054 KW - Penile Prosthesis Implant KW - Infection KW - Complication KW - Explant KW - Treatment PB - German Medical Science GMS Publishing House CY - Berlin ER -