The application of polypropylene mesh for testicular prosthesis in surgical castration for patients with prostate cancer

• Published in: World journal of surgical oncology 2019-10, Vol.17 (1), p.165-165, Article 165
• Main Authors: Xia, Yao-Hui, Huang, Wei, Yu, Chun-Xiao, Kong, Bo, Qin, Rui, Wang, Peng-Fei, An, Jie, Xia, Yong-Qiang
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Aged; Bone Neoplasms - secondary; Bone Neoplasms - surgery; Cancer patients; Care and treatment; Case-Control Studies; Castration; Complications; FDA approval; Follow-Up Studies; Hematoma; Hospitals; Humans; Implantation; Infection; Male; Materials; Medical research; Metastasis; Methods; Orchidectomy; Orchiectomy - methods; Patient satisfaction; Patients; Penile prostheses; Polypropylene; Polypropylene mesh for testicular prosthesis; Polypropylenes - chemistry; Prognosis; Propylene; Prostate cancer; Prostatic Neoplasms - pathology; Prostatic Neoplasms - surgery; Prostheses; Prostheses and Implants; Prosthetics; Statistical analysis; Surgeons; Surgery; Surgical castration; Surgical Mesh; Testes; Testicular Neoplasms - pathology; Testicular Neoplasms - surgery; Testicular prosthesis; Urology
• ISSN: 1477-7819; 1477-7819
• DOI: 10.1186/s12957-019-1709-2

To explore whether a polypropylene mesh is suitable for application as a new material for testicular prostheses. The data of 65 patients with advanced prostate cancer who underwent surgical castration in hospital were collected and analyzed. Patients who preferred to undergo traditional orchidectomy (n = 16) were assigned to the control group, and patients who underwent subcapsular orchiectomy plus implantation of a polypropylene mesh testicular prosthesis (n = 49) were assigned to the experimental group. The presence of hematoma, infection, and other complications in patients in these two groups were investigated at 3 and 12 months following the surgery. The patients were also followed up using a self-designed testicular castration satisfaction questionnaire. A higher score indicated greater satisfaction. The mean score was 15.33 ± 2.85 in the experimental group and 4.63 ± 1.45 in the control group at 3 months after the surgery. The mean score was 14.92 ± 1.74 in the experimental group and 4.25 ± 1.61 in the control group at 12 months after the surgery. The difference between the two groups was statistically significant at the two time points (P