[Surgical therapy of impotence with implantation of a penile prosthesis. The psychological status of the impotent male]

Z Urol Nephrol. 1989 Jan;82(1):45-9.
[Article in German]

Abstract

The results of a psychological examination of 22 male patients which requested a penile prosthesis implantation are reported. The mean age was 47 years and the intelligence score of the patients was higher than the normal value. In a personal self-judgement they described oneself as stable, minimally neurotic and rather introverted personality. The test results were complicated by a high lie score. A great difference between the self-judgement and the ideal was established. The sexual anamnesis of the most patients was not striking out of the erectile dysfunction.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adaptation, Psychological*
  • Adult
  • Erectile Dysfunction / psychology
  • Erectile Dysfunction / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Postoperative Complications / psychology*
  • Prognosis
  • Prostheses and Implants*
  • Psychological Tests