Table 1.

Complication rates after penile plication surgery (various plications included).

Objective loss of penile length	18–41% [Taylor and Levine, 2008; Gholami and Lue, 2002]
Subjective loss of penile length	50–75% [Syed et al. 2003; Van Der Horst et al. 2004]
Loss of penile length affecting intercourse	5–11.9% [Andrews et al. 2001; Syed et al. 2003]
Recurrent curvature requiring reoperation	0–20% [Leonardo et al. 2012; Van Der Horst et al. 2004, Andrews et al. 2001; Baskin and Lue, 1998]
Worse erectile dysfunction	0–6% [Van Der Horst et al. 2004; Gholami and Lue, 2002]
Change in penile sensation	6–75% [Gholami and Lue, 2002; Syed et al. 2003; Leonardo et al. 2012]
Palpable suture knots (using nonabsorbable suture)	50–100% [Van Der Hors et al. 2004; Baskin and Lue, 1998; Leonardo et al. 2012]
Sutures interfering with intercourse	0–10% [Syed et al. 2003; Baskin and Lue, 1998]