Brooks M B
Eisenhower Medical Center, Rancho Mirage, California.
J Urol. 1988 Jan;139(1):48-9. doi: 10.1016/s0022-5347(17)42286-5.
The Mentor inflatable penile prosthesis is a hydraulic device that was introduced in May 1983 for the treatment of erectile dysfunction. Since its introduction further technical modifications and improvements have been made on the product. From the onset the reliability, function and cosmetic effect of this physiological device have been excellent. The modifications have served to improve the ease of operation and to increase further the reliability as demonstrated by our progressive decrease in the incidence of mechanical failures. From May 1983 to November 1986 we implanted 137 Mentor inflatable penile prostheses. Our over-all mechanical failure rate was 7.3 per cent. As a result of the modifications, however, the mechanical failure rate decreased to 3.1 per cent during the last 38 months of that period when 129 (94 per cent) of the prostheses were implanted, and during the last 24 months of that period when 86 (63 per cent) of the prostheses were implanted the mechanical failure rate was only 1.2 per cent.
美敦力可膨胀阴茎假体是一种液压装置，于1983年5月推出，用于治疗勃起功能障碍。自推出以来，该产品又进行了进一步的技术改进。从一开始，这种生理性装置的可靠性、功能和美容效果就非常出色。这些改进提高了操作的简便性，并进一步提高了可靠性，我们机械故障发生率的逐步下降就证明了这一点。1983年5月至1986年11月，我们植入了137枚美敦力可膨胀阴茎假体。我们的总体机械故障率为7.3%。然而，由于改进，在该时期的最后38个月（植入了129枚假体，占94%），机械故障率降至3.1%，在该时期的最后24个月（植入了86枚假体，占63%），机械故障率仅为1.2%。
