Dr. Pramod Krishnappa

Common Andrology Conditions/Issues Treated :

• Penile implant surgery (Inflatable and malleable)
• Vacuum erection device
• Penile intra-cavernosal injection (ICI) therapy
• Penile doppler scan
• Artificial urinary sphincter or Male Urethral sling for post-prostatectomy urinary leak
• Cosmetic procedures of penis: Frenuloplasty, circumcision, Penile filler injections
• Buried penis correction: Pubic Lipectomy, Liposuction, scrotoplasty
• Penile curvature corrections: Plication, Grafts, Penile Traction devices
• Testosterone replacement therapy: gels, Injections, Subcutaneous pellet insertion
• Testicular implants
• Vasectomy
• Microscopic vasectomy reversal
• Microscopic varicocele surgery
• Penile vibrator for semen collection
• TESA (TEsticular Sperm Aspiration)
• TESE (T Esticular Sperm Extraction)
• PESA (Percutaneous Epididymal Sperm Aspiration)
• Micro-TESE (Microdissection TESE)
• Sperm freezing/ Cryopreservation
• Onco-fertility
• Premarital fertility workup

Achievements :

• Urological Association of Asia (UAA) Youth Section Fellowship 2021
• European School of Urology (ESU) courses on Office Management Of Male Sexual Dysfunction and The Infertile Couple - Urological aspects- London (UK)
• European Society of Sexual Medicine (ESSM) Penile Implant Fellowship Madrid (Spain)
• European Urology Scholarship Program for Penile Reconstruction and Gender Reassignment Surgery Belgrade (Serbia)
• International Society of Sexual Medicine (ISSM) Scholarship to attend the ESSM School of Sexual Medicine- Budapest (Hungary)
• Male Infertility (Andrology) Visiting Fellow in University Of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), USA
• "Manipal Best Published Paper" award for Penimaster PRO Penile traction therapy at Karnataka Urology Association KUACON 2019 at Ballari, Karnataka
• Received "The Edinburgh Surgery Online Global Scholarship 2019" from the University of Edinburgh, UK
• Millennium International Urology Conference(MIUC) Travelling Fellowship 2020 awarded by Association of Southern Urologists(ASU) - SZUSI
• European Urology Residents Education Program EUREP 2016 at Prague, Czech Republic
• Committee Member: Subspecialty cell (Andrology & Men's Health) of Urological Society of India (USI) 2020-2022.
• Panel member: USI "Male Infertility" guidelines (published in 2020)

Publications:

Journals (Krishnappa P) :

• Surgical Outcomes and Patient Satisfaction With the Low-Cost, Semi-Rigid Shah Penile Prosthesis: A boon to the Developing Countries. Sexual Medicine 2021 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34274823/
• Risk Factors For Revision After Artificial Urinary Sphincter Implantation In Male Patients With Stress Urinary Incontinence: A Ten-Year Retrospective Study. International Neurourology Journal (INJ) 2021
• Cadaveric Penile Prosthesis Workshop training improves surgical confidence levels of urologists: South Asian Society for Sexual Medicine course survey. International Journal of Urology 2020. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32776406/
• Home modeling after penile prosthesis implantation in the management of residual curvature in Peyronie's disease. International Journal of Impotence Research 2020. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32641777/
• Vacuum Physiotherapy after First Stage Buccal Mucosa Graft (BMG) Urethroplasty in Children with Proximal Hypospadias. International Brazilian Journal of Urology 2020. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32822133/
• Intraoperative and postoperative complications of penile implant surgery. Diagnosis and treatment. Actas urologicas espan~olas 2020. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32532509/
• Surgical management of Peyronie's Disease with co-existent Erectile Dysfunction. Sexual Medicine 2019. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31540882
• Prevalence, assessment and surgical correction of penile curvature in hypospadias patients treated at one European Referral Center: Description of the technique and surgical outcomes. World Journal of Urology 2020. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31654219
• Sildenafil/Viagra in the treatment of premature ejaculation. International Journal of Impotence Research 2019. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30837718
• Complications Of Robot Assisted Radical Prostatectomy. Asociacion Espanola de Urologia 2019. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30945653
• Penile traction therapy with the new device 'Penimaster PRO' is effective and safe in the stable phase of Peyronie's disease: a controlled multicenter study. British Journal of Urology International 2019. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30365247
• Re: A Prospective Randomised Placebo-controlled Study of the Impact of Dutasteride/Tamsulosin Combination Therapy on Sexual Function Domains in Sexually Active Men with Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms (LUTS) Secondary to Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH). European Urology 2019. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30391083
• Corporeal penile curvature (CPC) and surgical complications in hypospadias repairs: Associations and outcomes. European Urology Supplement 2019. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1569-9056(19)30552-4
• Malignant refractory priapism: An urologist's nightmare. Urology Annals 2019. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31040614
• The effect of annual hospital volume on perioperative outcomes after urethroplasty. European Urology Supplement 2019. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1569-9056(19)30380-X
• A Prospective Study to Evaluate the Efficacy of Botulinum Toxin-A in the Management of Dysfunctional Voiding in Women. Clinical Medicine Insights: Women's Health 2018. https://doi.org/10.1177/1179562X18811340
• Dihydroxyadenine stone with adenine phosphoribosyltransferase deficiency. Indian Journal of Urology 2017. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28717278
• Supracostal percutaneous nephrolithotomy: A prospective comparative study. Indian Journal of Urology 2016. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26941494
• 19)Scrotal calcinosis: A rare entity. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery 2011. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21342405
• Unproved tuberculous lesion of penis: A rare cause of saxophone penis treated by a therapeutic trial of anti-tubercular therapy. Indian Journal of Medical Sciences. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23250292

Textbook :

Assistant Editor

• ESSM Textbook of Urogenital Prosthetic Surgery. Madrid- Spain: Editorial Medica Panamericana (2020). ISBN: 978-84-9110-699-9

Chapters Authored

• Chapter 1: Patient and Device Selection. Penile Implant Surgery - Contemporary Challenges and Controversies. 2021 (ISBN: 978-3-030-82362-7)
• Chapter 15: Penile Implants. Peyronie's Disease: Pathophysiology and Treatment. (ISBN: 978-0-12-819468-3) https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-819468-3.00015-X
• Chapter 8: Erectile restoration (Inflatable Penile Prosthesis Placement)- basic scrotal and infrapubic techniques. Textbook of Urogenital Prosthetic Surgery: Erectile Restoration & Urinary Incontinence (ISBN: 978-84-9110-699-9)
• Chapter 13: Inflatable Penile Prosthesis & corporal fibrosis. Textbook of Urogenital Prosthetic Surgery: Erectile Restoration & Urinary Incontinence (ISBN: 978-84-9110-699-9)
• Chapter 14: Inflatable Penile Prosthesis and Peyronie's Disease. Textbook of Urogenital Prosthetic Surgery: Erectile Restoration & Urinary Incontinence (ISBN: 978-84-9110-699-9)

Professional Membership:

• American Urological Association (AUA)
• International Society for Sexual Medicine (ISSM)
• South Asian Society for Sexual Medicine (SASSM)
• Urological Association of Asia (UAA)
• Indian Medical Association
• Urological Society of India (USI)
• Indian Fertility Society
• Indian Society of Assisted Reproduction
• Association of Southern Urologists - India
• Karnataka Urology Association (KUA)
• Bangalore Urology Society (BUS)
• Association of Medical Consultants (AMC) Bangalore
• Association of National Board Accredited Institutions (ANBAI) Alumni

International Presentations :

• "A systematic review of modeling in Peyronie's disease" (Abstract 226) at the Virtual World Meeting on Sexual Medicine (WMSM) 2021, Japan
• "Cadaveric Penile Prosthesis Workshop training improves surgical confidence levels of Urologists: South Asian Society of Sexual Medicine Course Survey" (UOP-1103) on October 15- 17, 2020 at Urological Association of Asia (UAA) Virtual Annual Congress 2020, Seoul, South Korea
• Home-modeling after Penile Prosthesis Implantation is a viable option for the management of residual curvature in Peyronie's disease (Abstract ID: 19-6476) on 5th May 2019 at American Urological Association (AUA) Annual Congress in Chicago, USA.
• Role of Retrograde Intrarenal Surgery in the management of Urinary Tract Infection complicated by Renal Papillary Necrosis (Abstract C-EPID-5339) on 22/07/2016 at Urological Association of Asia (UAA) Annual Congress 2016 in Singapore.

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