The rates of failure and problems have dropped drastically...

Obviously since the arrival of Viagra those people who work in the penile implant business have not been doing too much business however they are still around and haven’t become totally obsolete. The reason for this is that some men do not respond to Viagra, Cialis or Levitra, as their erectile dysfunction is not of a penile arterial nature but of some other cause.

Men who have nerve damage in their penis that comes from prostate or other surgery (while some may be helped by PDE-5 inhibitors) are perfect patients for penile implants. Over the last 2 decades or so the sophistication and reliability of these devices has been much improved and the rates of failure and problems have dropped drastically.

The devices today come in two types either inflatable or semi rigid and both involve surgery for them to be inserted. The most popular type is the inflatable version that literally involves the use of a hand-operated pump that is inserted into the scrotum and must be activated before and after sex.

The other type (semi rigid) involves the insertion of an implant into the penis that keeps it constantly hard. It has a mechanical joint that means that for sex you must lift up the penis for sex and lower it down after sex. This method is the simplest form of penile implant and it does mean that your penis will always be semi rigid that can be uncomfortable for some men but at the same time they are popular because they are cheaper than the inflatable ones and less likely to break down.

More money is being spent on penile implant surgery as there is still a viable market for the devices and the better that they come the more likely they are to be taken up by men who suffer from non-Viagra responding erectile dysfunction.