Long-term results of corporoplasty in Peyronie’s disease

Abstract

The study objective is to analyze our experience of corporoplasty for Peyronie’s disease with a focus on the patients’ satisfaction with longterm results, as well as summation of literature data on this problem.Materials and methods. In this article we describe the long-term outcomes of various types of corporoplasty in 342patients treated for Peyronie’s disease.Results. It was established that a specific proportion of patients who underwent corporoplasty have no regular sexual activity after long-term follow-up (n = 50; 14.6 %). The common causes for absence of sexual activity in our sample included consequences of prostate cancer treatment (n = 17; 34 %), severe erectile dysfunction of other etiology (n = 11; 22 %) and lack of sexual partner (n = 22; 44 %).Сonclusion. Surgical treatment of Peyronie’s disease demonstrates high efficacy and safety in most cases. Despite concerns of possible impairment of erectile function, substitutive corporoplasty is characterized by a high level of patient satisfaction with the results of the surgery.

Keywords

• peyronie’s disease
• corporoplasty
• long-term outcomes