Area of Expertise :
Male Fertility
- Primary / Secondary male infertility
- Semen / Sperm issues: Azoospermia (Obstructive and Non-obstructive), Oligo-astheno-teratospermia (OAT)
- Varicocele
- Klinefelter syndrome
Male Sexual Dysfunction:
- Erectile dysfunction (ED)
- Unconsummated marriage
- Premature (early) ejaculation
- Anejaculation (Inability to ejaculate)
- Hypogonadism (Low testosterone hormone)
- Peyronies disease (Curved penis with hard plaque in penis)
- Congenital penile curvature (without hard plaque)
- Penile fracture
- Small Penis
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
- Neophallus Reconstruction
- 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 (TEsticular 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
- 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 Médica 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)
International Presentations :
- Unconsummated marriage: Findings and outcomes of Couples visiting and Andrology clinic” (abstract 335) at the annual meeting of Sexual Medicine Society of North America (SMSNA-ISSM) on 29th October 2022, Miami.
- "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.
Professional Memebership :
- 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
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