Istanbul · International andrology & penile prosthesis centre
Istanbul · Andrology & penile prosthetics
Santa Urology is a single-focus andrology centre in Istanbul. We implant inflatable penile prostheses, correct Peyronie’s curvature, and revise devices that other clinics have left behind — for patients who travel from 68 countries to be treated by a team that does this every week.
No testimonials, no before-and-after galleries, no pressure. Read the risks on every treatment page before you contact us — they are published deliberately.
From our own theatres
The clinic’s own photographs: the scrubbed team, the instrument trolley, the lamps and the implant on the back table. No patient is identifiable in any frame and no anatomy is shown — the same rule that applies everywhere else on this site.
What we treat
Prosthetic urology is volume-dependent: complication rates fall as an individual surgeon’s annual case numbers rise. We deliberately do not offer general urology, so that the operations we do offer are performed weekly rather than occasionally.
A penile implant (penile prosthesis) is a device placed inside the erectile bodies of the penis to restore a reliable, controllable erection. It is the recommended option when tablets, injections and vacuum devices have stopped working, and it carries the highest satisfaction rate of any erectile dysfunction treatment.
Revision surgery replaces or repairs a penile prosthesis that has failed mechanically, become infected, eroded, or produced a poor cosmetic and functional result. It is technically harder than a first implant and depends heavily on the surgeon’s experience with scarred corpora.
Peyronie’s disease is a wound-healing disorder in which fibrous plaque forms in the tunica albuginea of the penis, causing curvature, shortening, an hourglass deformity, pain, and often erectile dysfunction. Treatment depends on whether the disease is still active, how severe the bend is, and whether erections are still adequate.
Girth enhancement injects cross-linked hyaluronic acid into the loose tissue plane beneath the skin of the penile shaft, increasing circumference immediately. It is performed under local anaesthetic block, takes under an hour, and is fully reversible because hyaluronic acid can be dissolved with hyaluronidase.
Lengthening surgery releases the suspensory ligament that tethers the penis to the pubic bone, allowing more of the internal shaft to sit outside the body. Combined with suprapubic fat contouring and a disciplined post-operative traction protocol, it produces a measurable increase in visible flaccid length.
Erectile dysfunction has vascular, hormonal, neurological, pharmacological and psychological causes, and frequently several at once. Our workup identifies which apply to you before any treatment is recommended, because the same symptom can require entirely different answers.
Interactive
A three-piece prosthesis is a closed hydraulic circuit: a reservoir behind the abdominal wall, a pump in the scrotum, and two cylinders inside the erectile bodies of the penis. Squeeze the pump and saline moves from the reservoir into the cylinders. Press the valve and it drains back.
At rest. All of the saline is held in the abdominal reservoir and the shaft is soft.
Rigidity
0 of 4 squeezes
Schematic, not to scale. An implant restores rigidity on demand; it does not add length, and sensation, orgasm and ejaculation are unchanged because they were never produced by the erectile bodies. Read the full implant protocol →
Inside the theatre
Implantation follows a written protocol: intravenous antibiotics before the first incision, alcoholic chlorhexidine skin preparation, a no-touch technique that keeps the device away from skin contact, and an antibacterial-coated implant as standard. We publish no patient imagery of any kind, so what you see here is the team and the equipment.
How treatment abroad actually works
Nothing is charged and nothing is booked until you have a written opinion and have spoken to the surgeon who would operate on you.
History, medications, previous operative reports and any imaging, through a secure form. Read by a urologist, not a sales desk.
Within two working days: the likely diagnosis, the pathway we would recommend, and an itemised quotation — or a clear statement that surgery is not indicated.
Meet your surgeon before you commit to anything. Thirty minutes, in your language, with time for the questions you have not yet asked.
Everything from the airport onward is arranged: transfers, hotel, workup, surgery, and a named assistant who stays with you throughout.
Scheduled video reviews at activation, three months and twelve months, plus direct access to your surgical team in between.
Step one, in under a minute
Leave your name and one way to reach you. A coordinator replies with the two or three questions a urologist needs before giving an opinion — or send the whole history now using the full case review form.
All-inclusive packages
Each package lists what is included and — just as importantly — what is not. Exclusions are published so that nothing is discovered at the point of payment.
Our most requested pathway. It covers everything from the moment you land to the moment you fly home: the implant device itself, the surgeon and hospital, a four-star or five-star hotel for you and a companion, every transfer, interpreting throughout, and a patient assistant assigned to you personally.
A complete pathway for stable-phase Peyronie’s disease, from goniometer measurement under induced erection through to the correct straightening operation for your degree of curvature — plication, grafting, or an implant with straightening where erectile function has also failed.
A short, straightforward pathway for hyaluronic acid girth augmentation. The procedure is performed under local anaesthetic block at the clinic, you return to your hotel the same afternoon, and you are reviewed once before flying home.
Lengthening and girth enhancement should not be done at the same sitting; filler placed into freshly operated tissue distributes unpredictably. This programme stages them properly across two visits about three months apart, with the traction protocol that makes the surgical result last.
A short visit built around a complete diagnostic workup rather than a procedure. You leave with a measured explanation of what is causing your erectile dysfunction, a written report you can take to your own doctor, and a treatment plan with no obligation to have anything done here.
Why Istanbul
In much of Europe and North America, prosthetic urology is spread thinly across many low-volume operators, elective waiting lists run past a year, and the procedure often sits outside insurance cover altogether. Istanbul concentrates the opposite pattern: a small number of centres performing this operation weekly, with the theatre discipline that comes from repetition.
The devices are identical — the same Coloplast and Boston Scientific implants, the same manufacturer warranty, the same serial numbers registered in your name. What differs is access, cost, and the fact that a package here covers the hospital, the device, the hotel, the transfers and an interpreter rather than presenting them as extras.
From the surgical team
Long-form answers to the questions men send us most often — why erections fail, what the published implant outcome figures actually mean, and what filler can and cannot do. Written by the surgeons who operate, not by a content agency.
Erectile dysfunction
Erectile dysfunction is a symptom, not a diagnosis. Which mechanism is failing decides which treatment can work — and when surgery stops being premature.
11 min readPenile implants
The penile prosthesis has the highest satisfaction rate of any erectile dysfunction treatment. The interesting question is what is being measured — and what makes the difference between the top and the bottom of the range.
8 min readEnlargement & filler
Almost all dissatisfaction after filler comes from arithmetic that was never explained. Three centimetres of circumference is not three centimetres of width.
8 min readAll articles on erectile dysfunction, implants and enlargement →
Common questions
By having the mechanism diagnosed rather than guessed at. If tablets and injections have genuinely been tried at full dose and failed, an implant is likely the right answer. If they have never been optimised, or if you still have morning erections, there is usually something to try first. Our diagnostic visit exists precisely so that this question gets a measured answer, and we will tell you when surgery is not yet warranted.
Yes, and we prefer it. Send your history, medication list, any operative reports and recent blood results through the case review form. A urologist reads them and replies within two working days with an opinion, the likely pathway and an indicative quotation. There is no charge and no obligation.
Regularly. We decline cases where measurements are normal and the distress is driven by body image, where Peyronie’s disease is still in its active phase, where diabetic control makes device infection likely, and where expectations cannot be met by the operation being requested. Declining unsuitable cases is what keeps a surgical result honest.
Yes. Enquiries are read only by the clinical team and the coordinator assigned to you. We do not publish patient photographs, testimonials or case histories, we do not share your details with third parties, and correspondence uses a neutral subject line and sender name if you ask us to.
Your surgeon consults in English, and every clinical encounter — including the consent discussion — is supported by an interpreter in your own language where you prefer one. We routinely work in English, Turkish, German, Arabic, French and Russian, and arrange other languages on request.
Next step
A urologist reads your history, medication list and any previous operative reports, and replies within two working days with an opinion, the likely pathway and an itemised quotation. No charge, no obligation, and a straight answer if surgery is not what you need.
Replies within two working days · correspondence kept discreet on request
