Dr. Michael Philip O'Leary on potential risks of penile implant surgery

"Major bladder reconstructive surgeries have the most room for improvement, particularly surgeries involving a bowel anastomosis; also our major oncologic surgeries—Wilm's tumor resections, those types of surgeries," says Sarah Hecht, MD.

“The urologist's role is to try to normalize what is going on and provide easier access,” says Peter N. Schlegel, MD.

In this interview, Ira Sharlip, MD, explains the potential dangers these products pose and what urologists can do to help protect their patients.

“That's certainly the most significant stigma, the stigma that you're not quite the man that you want to be or what you perceive your partner wants you to be,” says Arthur L. Burnett, MD, MBA, FACS.

There are several elements of ERAS with strong evidence of benefit in urogynecological surgery.

This clinical consensus statement on vaginal energy-based devices (EBDs) reflects an update by content experts from the American Urogynecologic Society’s EBD writing group.