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To evaluate the initial clinical outcomes, operational complications, and device performance of the Mentor inflatable penile prosthesis.

July 1, 1985The Journal of Urology

Early Problems Encountered with the Mentor Inflatable Penile Prosthesis

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RFRichard L. FeinNorth-West University MNMervin H. NeedellUniversity of Miami

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Case series reports mechanical complications and slow deflation with the Mentor penile prosthesis in nine surgical patients, highlighting the need for technological refinements.

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To evaluate the initial clinical outcomes, operational complications, and device performance of the Mentor inflatable penile prosthesis.
Consecutive case series evaluating N=9 patients who received the Mentor inflatable penile prosthesis.
Three patients underwent implantation as revision therapy following recurrent failures with the Scott inflatable penile prosthesis.
Observed mechanical complications included spontaneous cylinder inflation, tubing kinking, aneurysmal cylinder ballooning, and complete cylinder disruption.
Slow device deflation occurred consistently, with manual compression to assist concealment leading to traumatic urethritis.

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Fein et al. (1985) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a89aa55176d2ac34cfbaf44 https://doi.org/10.1016/s0022-5347(17)46979-5

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Case series reports mechanical complications and slow deflation with the Mentor penile prosthesis in nine surgical patients, highlighting the need for technological refinements.

Early Problems Encountered with the Mentor Inflatable Penile Prosthesis

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Early Problems Encountered with the Mentor Inflatable Penile Prosthesis

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