To investigate how surgeons approach ethically challenging scenarios that arise in penile prosthesis surgery and identify patient-related factors that impact their approach.
A survey was distributed to the Society for Urologic Prosthetic Surgeons membership consisting of six ethically challenging scenarios: an HIV+ patient, a patient with cognitive disability, a registered sex offender, a non-verbal patient, a litigious patient, and an uncontrolled diabetic patient whose insurance will lapse soon.