Is it safe to implant a penile prosthesis in a solid organ transplant recipient? A systematic review.


Journal

International journal of impotence research
ISSN: 1476-5489
Titre abrégé: Int J Impot Res
Pays: England
ID NLM: 9007383

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
18 Jul 2024
Historique:
received: 11 03 2024
accepted: 14 06 2024
revised: 09 06 2024
medline: 19 7 2024
pubmed: 19 7 2024
entrez: 18 7 2024
Statut: aheadofprint

Résumé

Solid organ transplant recipients exhibit an elevated incidence of erectile dysfunction, attributed to comorbidities and specific factors associated with organ failure. While treatment mirrors the general population's, response rates are lower, and there is a heightened concern about implanting a penile prosthesis in immunocompromised patients due to the potential occurrence of severe complications. The aim of this study was to assess the safety of penile prostheses in this population. Among fourteen included studies, ten were case reports or series of cases, and four were non randomized case-control studies with non-transplanted patients as controls. Complications affected 34 patients (11.15%), with mechanical device failures in 18 cases (5.9%) and infections in 13 cases (4.26%). Most infections required hospitalization, antibiotic treatment, and prosthesis removal, with two cases of life-threatening Fournier's gangrene. Case-control studies revealed no differences in overall reoperation rates between transplant recipients and controls. However, pelvic organ transplant recipients undergoing three-piece prosthesis implantation showed higher complications rates related to reservoir issues. Despite limited evidence, case-control studies demonstrated a generally low/moderate risk of bias within each specific domain, although overall bias was moderate/severe. As a result, clinicians may mitigate concerns regarding penile prosthesis implantation in solid organ transplant recipients.

Identifiants

pubmed: 39026089
doi: 10.1038/s41443-024-00939-x
pii: 10.1038/s41443-024-00939-x
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article Review

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Investigateurs

Thomas Prudhomme (T)
Alicia López Abad (AL)

Informations de copyright

© 2024. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Limited.

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Auteurs

Angelo Territo (A)

Department of Urology, Fundació Puigvert, Autonoma University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain. territoangelo86@gmail.com.

Mario Belmonte (M)

Unit of Urological Robotic Surgery and Renal Transplantation, University of Florence, Careggi Hospital, Florence, Italy.
Unit of Oncologic Minimally-Invasive Urology and Andrology, Careggi Hospital, Florence, Italy.

Andrea Cocci (A)

Unit of Oncologic Minimally-Invasive Urology and Andrology, Careggi Hospital, Florence, Italy.

Eduard Ruiz-Castañe (E)

Department of Urology, Fundació Puigvert, Autonoma University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.

Fabio Castiglione (F)

King's College London, London, UK.
Department of Urology, King's College London Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
Department of Urology, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.
Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy.

Guglielmo Mantica (G)

Department of Surgical and Diagnostic Integrated Sciences (DISC), University of Genova, 16131, Genova, Italy.

Thomas Prudhomme (T)

Department of Urology, Kidney Transplantation and Andrology, Toulouse Rangueil University Hospital, Toulouse, France.

Alessio Pecoraro (A)

Unit of Urological Robotic Surgery and Renal Transplantation, University of Florence, Careggi Hospital, Florence, Italy.

Alberto Piana (A)

Department of Oncology, Division of Urology, University of Turin, Turin, Italy.

Beatriz Bañuelos Marco (BB)

Department of Urology, Kidney Transplantation and Reconstructive Urology. Hospital Universitario Clinico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain.

Muhammet Irfan Dönmez (MI)

Department of Urology, Istanbul University Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey.

Francesco Esperto (F)

Department of Urology, Campus Bio-Medico University, Rome, Italy.

Giorgio Ivan Russo (GI)

Urology Section, University of Catania, Catania, Italy.

Riccardo Campi (R)

Unit of Urological Robotic Surgery and Renal Transplantation, University of Florence, Careggi Hospital, Florence, Italy.

Alberto Breda (A)

Department of Urology, Fundació Puigvert, Autonoma University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.

Alicia López-Abad (A)

Department of Urology, Virgen de la Arrixaca University Hospital, Murcia, Spain.

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