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ArticleUrology case reports2025

Bowel perforation and partial volvulus associated with erosion of inflatable penile prosthesis.

Genesis Nieves, Adonis Irons, John Bryant, Ava Saidian, Anthony Patterson

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Article in Urology case reports, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors.

Genesis Nieves910 Madison Ave, Room 409, Memphis, TN, 38163, University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center, USA.
Adonis Irons910 Madison Ave, Room 409, Memphis, TN, 38163, University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center, USA.
John Bryant910 Madison Ave, Room 409, Memphis, TN, 38163, University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center, USA.
Ava Saidian910 Madison Ave, Room 409, Memphis, TN, 38163, University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center, USA.
Anthony Patterson910 Madison Ave, Room 409, Memphis, TN, 38163, University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center, USA.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Erosion of the reservoir is a rare complication of inflatable penile prosthesis (IPP) placement. We emphasize maintaining a broad differential in patients with abdominal pain and a history of IPP. We present a 61-year-old male with abdominal pain, imaging showing abnormal mesenteric swirling, loculated fluid suggestive of a ruptured appendix in an internal hernia, and an associated foreign body. He underwent diagnostic laparoscopy, then exploratory laparotomy, revealing partially volvulated small bowel and colon around the penile reservoir. Consider implant erosion in similar presentations. Submuscular placement may reduce bowel complication risks.

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PMID40677938
PMCPMC12268694

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