[Penile prosthesis].

Abstract

In this article the Authors, after describing the history of the penile prosthesis surgery and analyzing the technical progresses made in the last twenty years, offer their personal experience and data from the most recent literature about treatment of erectile dysfunction through the application af penile prosthesis, about the indications for the operation and the choice of the type of prosthesis. They also explain all the possible complications and eventual mechanical failures, which have considerably decreased in the last few years.