Full satisfaction for you and your partner

"When I ask patients how an implant is different than pills or injections, they say it makes physical relations more natural, like the old days," says Dr. J. Francois Eid, a urologist in New York. "They love the fact that it's completely concealed, that they can easily activate it, and most of all, that they feel normal again," he says.

His patient, Karl Hoffman would agree. Karl, a recently retired police officer, suffered from both incontinence and erectile dysfunction (ED) after undergoing a radical prostatectomy for cancer. Karl's impaired functioning left him depressed. Dr. Eid first addressed Karl's incontinence by implanting an artificial urinary sphincter, then followed in 2004 with an inflatable penile prosthesis, restoring Karl's sexual function. "Now I feel like getting out more, playing golf and just enjoying life," says Karl.

Dr. Eid finds that drug treatment doesn't work well for a significant percentage of ED sufferers, and penile injections have very limited patient appeal. "But I see extremely high patient and partner satisfaction with implants," he says.