Current devices, outcomes, and pain management considerations in penile implant surgery: an updated review of the literature.

Penile prosthesis surgery is a definitive treatment for erectile dysfunction (ED). The two categories of penile prosthesis are endorsed by professional guidelines, inflatable penile prosthesis (IPP) and malleable penile prosthesis (MPP). Each modality of penile prosthesis offers distinct advantages and incorporates specific design features, allowing for personalized device selection that aligns with individual needs and preferences.

Decreased Opioid Prescription With Low Pain Scores After Urethroplasty: Using a Simplified, Multimodal, Opioid Minimization Pain Protocol.

Objective: To implement a simplified, opioid-minimized, multimodal pain management (MPM) protocol and assess its effectiveness of reducing opioid dispersion while maintaining low postoperative complications, patient-reported pain, and patient-reported interference with quality of life (QOL) for men undergoing urethroplasty.

Methods: Ninety-five men at a single academic center from October 2020 to October 2023 received a urethroplasty. We retrospectively reviewed the prior standard pain management (SPM) cohort before August 2021, then prospectively studied the MPM cohort after August 2021.

Deeper Pathways for Recruitment Efforts: Identifying Opportunities for Undergraduate and Medical Student Involvement in Infectious Diseases.

Background: Only 74% of infectious diseases (ID) training positions were filled in the 2022 fellowship match, indicating a need to find increasingly novel and creative solutions for ID recruitment and outreach.

Methods: The websites of 2321 universities and 181 medical schools across the United States were manually searched for the presence of undergraduate clubs and interest groups, respectively, for multiple medical specialties and subspecialties, including ID. Geographic data were used to compare the proximity of ID fellowships to undergraduate institutions.