Infection control in outpatient unicomponent penile prosthesis surgery

The aim of this work is evaluate the efficacy of infection control measures with unicomponent penile implants in two ambulatory surgery units in Cairo and Jeddah. This was a retrospective study of 117 consecutive cases. A pat ient selection and infection control protocol was followed to implant 12 hy draulic, 53 mechanical and 52 malleable prostheses under local bupivacaine penile ring anesthesia and intravenous propofol, No infection occurred that required prosthesis removal, none required hospitalization or urinary cath eterization, one crural and two septal perforations were managed intraopera tively; one case was reoperated upon for mechanical failure, two for oversi zing and one for undersizing the girth. We conclude that implantation of un icomponent penile implants under triple antibiotic coverage in an ambulator y surgery setting, with rigid infection control measures appears to be effe ctive in preventing infection.