Experience with semirigid rod and inflatable penile prostheses.

Between 1975 and 1980, 169 patients received a penile prosthesis. Followup for these patients ranges from 1 to 6 years. The following prostheses were implanted: 9 Small-Carrion, 13 Finney, 26 Jonas and 121 Scott. In the 48 patients receiving a semirigid rod prosthesis the only complication was a urethral erosion. In the 121 patients receiving an inflatable prosthesis the first 70 were implanted through a lower abdominal incision and 34 of these patients required a total of 63 revisions. The last 51 inflatable prostheses were implanted through a scrotal incision along with the use of rear tip extenders and 4 of these patients have required surgical revision.