2025-11-01
(410) Infection Rates in Penile Prosthesis Surgery Utilizing 0.05% Chlorhexidine Gluconate vs Individualize Antibiotic Dips
2025-11-01 • A Hacksel, Michael T. Brennan, I Carata
Abstract Introduction The most dreaded complication of penile prosthesis surgery is infection, the rates of which have declined to 1-3% for high volume implanters. Historically each implanter utilized their own individualized combination of antibiotics for their dip and irrigant, however the introduction of 0.05% chlorhexidine gluconate (CHG) to the market offered the possibility of a consistent high quality antibiotic solution that had proven effectiveness against a broad range of pathogens. However, a growing bo…