David W Barham, Nikolaos Pyrgidis, Eliad Amini, Muhammed Hammad, Jake Miller, Robert Andrianne, Arthur L Burnett, Kelli Gross, Georgios Hatzichristodoulou, James Hotaling, Tung-Chin Hsieh, Lawrence C Jenkins, James M Jones, Aaron Lentz, Vaibhav Modgil, Daniar Osmonov, Sung Hun Park, Ian Pearce, Paul Perito, Hossein Sadeghi-Nejad, Maxime Sempels, Alfredo Suarez-Sarmiento, Jay Simhan, Koenraad van Renterghem, J Nicholas Warner, Matthew Ziegelmann, Faysal A Yafi, Martin S Gross
BACKGROUND: Variations in climate have been associated with a greater risk of surgical site infections, urinary tract infections, and changes in the skin microbiome; however, limited data exist on the impact of climate on inflatable penile prosthesis (IPP) infections. AIM: We sought to evaluate the impact of climate on the risk of IPP infections in a large international, multicenter cohort. METHODS: We performed a multi-institutional, retrospective study of patients undergoing IPP surgery...
March 13, 2024: Journal of Sexual Medicine