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Corporeal counter incisions: a simplified approach to penile prosthesis implantation in fibrotic cases

International Journal of Impotence Research volume 12, pages 153–156 (2000)Cite this article

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Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of the technique of corporeal counter incisions for penile prosthesis implantation in cases with marked corporeal fibrosis.

Methods: Creating subtunical tunnels that are stretched transversely by the dilamezinsert instrument & Heggars dilators with its tip entering from one side and protruding from the counter incision to avoid urethral or corporeal perforation.

Patients: Seventeen patients underwent this technique, mean age 56 y (range 42–71 y); 12 post removal of an infected prosthesis and five post priapism.

Results: In all cases, two rods were successfully implanted. In one case, a crural perforation occurred that was repaired intra-operatively.

Conclusion: Corporeal counter incisions with transverse tissue stretching is a relatively simple technique to implant semirigid implants in fibrosed corpora.

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  1. Department of Andrology, Cairo University, Egypt

    H Ghanem, S Ghazy & A El-Meliegy

  2. Sexual Dysfunction Clinic, Dr Erfan & Bagedo General Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

    H Ghanem

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Ghanem, H., Ghazy, S. & El-Meliegy, A. Corporeal counter incisions: a simplified approach to penile prosthesis implantation in fibrotic cases. Int J Impot Res 12, 153–156 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.ijir.3900517

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