Rigicon Mallable Penile Implant?

Hi, if you haven't seen it you may find this article on Rigicon interesting: "Initial safety outcomes for the Rigicon Infla10 inflatable penile prosthesis," Wilson et al., January 2023, https://doi.org/10.1111/bju.15960 . From the abstract, the authors analyzed data from patient information forms submitted to the manufacturer of a three-piece inflatable penile prosthesis, the Rigicon Infla10. They summarized early outcomes retrospectively from 319 patients implanted with the prosthesis between January 2019 and December 2021 to assess device durability and rates of reoperation for infection, mechanical failure or medical reasons. Early results demonstrated initial durability from reoperation equivalent to that of other contemporary devices. You may find the full text of this article at a university medical library or can search for it online by the title or link ($12-$49).

Thank you looking for info on the Rigicon mallable implants not the inflatable but thank you for the information. Do you have any information on the Rigicon malleable rod implants?

There is a review article by the same author (Wilson et al.), “Is there still a place for malleable penile implants in the United States?” Int J Impot Res 35, 82–89 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41443-020-00376-6 that mentions the Rigicon Rigi10 as one of the semirigid rod implants available.

You probably already know about Franktalk.org, a non-profit patient support project of the Erectile Dysfunction Foundation, and saw this older discussion about Rigi10 on their chat board: https://www.franktalk.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php . A search for Rigicon on the site yields 500+ posts.

thank you ... I wonder why there is such limited info on Rigicon. The only before and and after photos of the implant are those from India which I don't have much faith in as being honest.

thank you I'll do some deeper research .. many of the posts are from men having the surgery done in India

Sure. Understandable. Another suggestion: UpToDate has an article on “Surgical treatment of erectile dysfunction, including implantation of penile prostheses and penile vascular (arterial and venous) reconstruction,” at https://www.uptodate.com/contents/surgical-treatment-of-erectile-dysfunction . Check out the outline to see if it might have useful information. UpToDate is a point-of-care clinical resource with more than 10,000 topics and patient information and a patient/caregiver 7-day subscription is $20.

During research did you see the Wikipedia piece: (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penile_implant piece ) listing manufacturers? (Note that Wikipedia flagged it for possibly failing to comply with their neutral point of view policy.)

I subscribed for 7 days not that much on implants that I can see I'll explore it more maybe I need to probe deeper.

Rigicon malleable implant May 2024 in Australia.
Surgery and recovery all good. Some loss of length and width - barely satisfactory - would have much preferred more of each.
Never fully comfortable but increasingly acceptable as body adjusted. Unfortunately, one rod exited penis mid July.
Remaining one seems stable. Rigid enough (just) for penetrative sex, but not enough for erection.
Overall, somewhat disappointing.

@tex47 Hi, I had one implanted 6-2023 .. 30 days later swelled so big they thought it was infected sliced it all back open no infection. 2-2024 right rod came out of the glans and tried poking out the side. Ends up it was undersized causing the issue. 6-2024 new implant put in up sized, took about 5 to 8 months before the pain went away an it felt normal. 1st one would bend this 2nd one will not bend and dr. won't address it. An implant is only as good as the dr putting it in ...good luck.

You have certainly been through an ordeal – I feel for you!
Fortunately, when my left rod failed, it exited through the uretha – only 2-3mm inside the tip – so no damage to the glans. As I was travelling in a poorer country, I decided to remove the rod myself on the spot (5-10 cm was already protruding) and then went to emergency mainly for antibiotics to guard against infection. They also inserted a catheter which (in hindsight) probably wasn't necessary.
My surgeon subsequently offered me three options: (1) Replace the missing rod with another malleable one. His (and my) view was that the same thing could well happen again due to some anatomical reason. (2) Replace the prothesis with an inflatable one. I was not keen on that option due to the greater complexity of the device (with added potential for failure) and the greater cost of the device and associated surgery. (3) Do nothing and see how I fare with the single remaining rod. I chose this option for the time being, partly because I was not keen on undergoing further surgery and the fact that the single rod was somewhat working for me. Some 15 months later – so far, so good!