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Prior to the introduction of effective penile implants 50 years ago there was no treatment of organic erectile dysfunction (ED). Most patients with this disorder were thought to have a situational or psychologic basis for this malady, and were told that their days of penetrative sexual activity were over. Michael Small and Hernan Carrion placed the first silicone semirigid rod implant bearing their names in September 1972, and Brantley Scott placed the first inflatable penile implant in March of 1973. Nocturnal penile tumescence monitoring and other tests, which became popular in this era, revealed that most cases of ED had a physical basis with a deficiency of penile hemodynamics. Sales of both types of penile implants, hydraulic and semirigid rod, grew exponentially each year, The semirigid rods initially outsold the inflatables due to simplicity of insertion and cost, but the superior rigidity and flaccidity of the inflatables soon made them the favored device. Early repair rates of the implants, especially the inflatables were high, in the range of 50% at 5 years after insertion. Sales of penile implants plummeted abruptly in 1998 to about one third of the previous year's numbe

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Author

John J. Mulcahy

Publisher

Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Published

2023

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)