Increasing role of counterincision for high submuscular penile prosthesis reservoir placement

Maia E. VanDyke, Mehraban Kavoussi, Brian T. Langford, Shervin Badkhshan, Samantha W. Nealon, Bryce P. Franzen, Sarah C. Sanders, Allen F. Morey

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Abstract

Background: Inflatable penile prosthesis (IPP) reservoir placement into the high submuscular (HSM) space is safe and well tolerated. Recent studies have proposed that reservoirs placed via an abdominal counterincision (CI) may offer more precise and durable positioning as compared with a transinguinal (TI) approach. Aim: Herein we compare the CI-HSM and TI-HSM techniques with respect to operative time, pain control, and postoperative complications. Methods: We reviewed our penile prosthesis database at a large single-surgeon tertiary referral center from 2014 to 2021 to compare those who underwent virgin reservoir placement via the CI-HSM technique vs the TI-HSM technique. Statistical analysis was performed with the Mann-Whitney U test for continuous variables and the chi-square test and Fisher exact test for discrete variables. Outcomes: Operative time, postoperative complications, morphine milligram equivalents prescribed, and postoperative correspondence were compared between patients undergoing the CI-HSM and TI-HSM techniques. Results: Among 456 virgin IPP implants, the CI-HSM technique was used in 34 cases (7.5%) and the TI-HSM technique in 422 cases (92.5%). Of these 456 cases, 92 (20.2%) were combined with ancillary procedures such as artificial urinary sphincter, urethral sling, or penile plication (6/34, CI; 86/422, TI). Cases employing the CI-HSM technique had a 19.9% greater median operative time: 81.5 minutes (IQR, 69.3-106.5) vs 68 minutes (IQR, 57.8-80.3; P < .01). A similar proportion of patients in the CI-HSM group (2/34, 5.9%) were treated for infection as in the TI-HSM group (17/422, 4.0%; P = .64). Reservoir herniation was seen in 12 patients in the TI-HSM group (2.8%) and in none of the CI-HSM group, but this did not reach significance (P > .99). No differences were identified between patients in the TI-HSM and CI-HSM groups with regard to postoperative morphine milligram equivalents prescribed, narcotic medication refills, or postoperative correspondence. Clinical Implications: CI-HSM reservoir placement was associated with similar surgical outcomes to TI-HSM without increased infection risk or need for narcotic pain management. Strengths and Limitations: Although this study is a large contemporary series addressing a clinically important subject, it is limited by its retrospective preliminary nature and nonrandomized unmatched design. Patient pain regimens were assessed via discharge prescriptions, although data regarding narcotic consumption were not available in the medical record. Conclusions: IPP reservoir placement via the CI-HSM technique is safe and well tolerated. Increased operative time of the CI-HSM technique as compared with the TI-HSM technique is clinically negligible given its potential safety benefits of direct visualization of reservoir placement.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)205-209
Number of pages5
JournalJournal of Sexual Medicine
Volume20
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 1 2023

Keywords

  • counterincision
  • high submuscular
  • penile prosthesis reservoir
  • transinguinal

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Medicine

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