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Review
. 2021 Feb 3;22(3):17.
doi: 10.1007/s11934-021-01033-1.

Pain Management Strategies in Contemporary Penile Implant Recipients

Jeffrey L Ellis  1 , Jessica J Pryor  1 , Melissa Mendez  2 , Alfredo Suarez Sarmiento  3 , Paul Perito  3 , Jay Simhan  4   5
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Review

Pain Management Strategies in Contemporary Penile Implant Recipients

Jeffrey L Ellis et al. Curr Urol Rep. .

Abstract

Purpose of review: To review the most recent literature citing opioid-sparing multimodal analgesic strategies used to manage perioperative pain in patients who underwent inflatable penile prosthesis (IPP) surgery and to provide the penile implant surgeon a variety of non-opioid-based pain management strategies for IPP management.

Recent findings: Interventions performed in the pre-operative, intraoperative, and post-operative arenas have all been shown to effectively lower pain scores and reduce opioid consumption. Certain surgical techniques performed during IPP surgery have helped with post-operative discomfort patients may feel after surgery. Multimodal analgesia (MMA) protocols adopted from other surgical fields and other urologic subspecialties that are implemented in IPP surgery have promising results with regard to post-operative pain control and opioid consumption. Protocols that implement a combination of refined surgical technique and multimodal analgesia offer substantial benefit to patients undergoing IPP surgery. Further work is needed to assess long-term pain control and opioid use in patients that undergo IPP surgery using these innovative strategies.

Keywords: Inflatable penile prosthesis; Multimodal analgesia, pain management; Perioperative opioid use.

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