A novel proposal to address the future of penile prosthetics: are we currently focused in the wrong direction?

The future of penile prosthesis has been debated and postulated for decades. An excellent summary by Rodriguez et al. (1) in this issue of Translational Andrology and Urology describes nicely the history of the modern inflatable penile prosthesis while capturing possible future advances in rigidity, shape, composition and activation. The authors pose excellent questions and highlight technologies that may shape the future of advanced penile prosthetics in years to come. The development of new 3D models to individualize treatment, the removal of the reservoir as well as alterations to the materials required to cause inflation are all well addressed (1)