FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

REZUM

MDR report key: 23894862 · Received December 26, 2025

Report

Report Number
2124215-2025-93085
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
December 26, 2025
Date of Event
April 1, 2022
Report Date
January 29, 2026
Manufacturer
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Product Code
KNS
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
EI
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN
Health Professional
Yes

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 0

HARRINGTON, C., MOYNAGH, N., & DALY, P. (2025). OUTCOMES OF REZUM WATER VAPOUR THERAPY FOR BENIGN PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA: A THREE-YEAR SINGLE CENTRE EXPERIENCE. EUROPEAN UROLOGY OPEN SCIENCE, 80, S8-S9. HTTPS://DOI.ORG/10.1016/S2666-1683(25)01334-5. DETAILED PRODUCT INFORMATION WAS NOT PROVIDED TO BSC. WE COMPLETED A GOOD FAITH EFFORT TO OBTAIN THE INFORMATION. BECAUSE THE PRODUCT IS UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME, WE ARE UNABLE TO PROVIDE THE COMPLETE UDI AND OTHER PRODUCT SPECIFIC INFORMATION. IF ADDITIONAL DETAILS BECOME AVAILABLE, A SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT WILL BE SUBMITTED. THERE WAS NO DEVICE AVAILABLE FOR ANALYSIS; THEREFORE, NO PHYSICAL OR VISUAL ANALYSIS OF THE PRODUCT COULD BE PERFORMED. THE REPORTED PATIENT SYMPTOMS ARE A KNOWN RISK ASSOCIATED WITH THESE DEVICES AS INDICATED IN THE INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE. BASED ON THE INFORMATION AVAILABLE, A CONCLUSION CODE OF KNOWN INHERENT RISK OF DEVICE WAS ASSIGNED TO THIS INVESTIGATION.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 0

HARRINGTON, C., MOYNAGH, N., & DALY, P. (2025). OUTCOMES OF REZUM WATER VAPOUR THERAPY FOR BENIGN PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA: A THREE-YEAR SINGLE CENTRE EXPERIENCE. EUROPEAN UROLOGY OPEN SCIENCE, 80, S8-S9. HTTPS://DOI.ORG/10.1016/S2666-1683(25)01334-5. DETAILED PRODUCT INFORMATION WAS NOT PROVIDED TO BSC. WE COMPLETED A GOOD FAITH EFFORT TO OBTAIN THE INFORMATION. BECAUSE THE PRODUCT IS UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME, WE ARE UNABLE TO PROVIDE THE COMPLETE UDI AND OTHER PRODUCT SPECIFIC INFORMATION. IF ADDITIONAL DETAILS BECOME AVAILABLE, A SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT WILL BE SUBMITTED.

Description of Event or Problem · 0

IT WAS REPORTED TO BOSTON SCIENTIFIC VIA AN ARTICLE PUBLISHED IN THE EUROPEAN UROLOGY OPEN SCIENCE THAT A RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS WAS CONDUCTED TO OF IS PROSPECTIVELY MAINTAINED DATABASE OF 100 CONSECUTIVE PATIENTS WHO UNDERWENT REZUM THERAPY BETWEEN (B)(6) 2022 AND (B)(6) 2025. DATA COLLECTED INCLUDED AGE, CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX (CCI), PROSTATE VOLUME ON MRI, BASELINE IPSS, AND UROFLOWMETRY (QMAX). INTRAOPERATIVE DATA INCLUDED NUMBER OF TREATMENTS. POST-OPERATIVE FOLLOW-UP AT 3 MONTHS ASSESSED IPSS, QMAX, POST-VOID RESIDUAL (PVR). WE ASSESSED 30-DAY COMPLICATIONS, AND NEED FOR SUBSEQUENT TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION OF THE PROSTATE (TURP). THE MEDIAN PATIENT AGE WAS 70.5 YEARS, WITH A MEDIAN CCI OF 2. MEDIAN PROSTATE VOLUME WAS 52 CC. BASELINE MEDIAN IPSS WAS 18 AND 4 FOR QUALITY OF LIFE (QOL); QMAX 11 ML/S, AND PVR 128 ML. MEDIAN NUMBER OF TREATMENTS WAS 7. AT 3-MONTH FOLLOW-UP, MEDIAN IPSS IMPROVED TO 7 AND 2 FOR QOL. ON UROFLOWMETRY, QMAX IMPROVED TO 15 ML/S WITH A MEAN CHANGE +6 ML/S, AND PVR TO 42 ML. THE COMPLICATION RATE WAS 3%, AND 7% OF PATIENTS REQUIRED TURP FOR MEDIAN LOBE NECROSIS. REZUM IS A SAFE, EFFECTIVE TREATMENT FOR BPH IN SELECTED PATIENTS, DEMONSTRATING DURABLE SYMPTOM RELIEF AND LOW COMPLICATION RATES IN OUR PRACTICE.

Description of Event or Problem · 0

IT WAS REPORTED TO BOSTON SCIENTIFIC VIA AN ARTICLE PUBLISHED IN THE EUROPEAN UROLOGY OPEN SCIENCE THAT A RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS WAS CONDUCTED TO OF IS PROSPECTIVELY MAINTAINED DATABASE OF 100 CONSECUTIVE PATIENTS WHO UNDERWENT REZUM THERAPY BETWEEN APRIL 2022 AND APRIL 2025. DATA COLLECTED INCLUDED AGE, CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX (CCI), PROSTATE VOLUME ON MRI, BASELINE IPSS, AND UROFLOWMETRY (QMAX). INTRAOPERATIVE DATA INCLUDED NUMBER OF TREATMENTS. POST-OPERATIVE FOLLOW-UP AT 3 MONTHS ASSESSED IPSS, QMAX, POST-VOID RESIDUAL (PVR). WE ASSESSED 30-DAY COMPLICATIONS, AND NEED FOR SUBSEQUENT TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION OF THE PROSTATE (TURP). THE MEDIAN PATIENT AGE WAS 70.5 YEARS, WITH A MEDIAN CCI OF 2. MEDIAN PROSTATE VOLUME WAS 52 CC. BASELINE MEDIAN IPSS WAS 18 AND 4 FOR QUALITY OF LIFE (QOL); QMAX 11 ML/S, AND PVR 128 ML. MEDIAN NUMBER OF TREATMENTS WAS 7. AT 3-MONTH FOLLOW-UP, MEDIAN IPSS IMPROVED TO 7 AND 2 FOR QOL. ON UROFLOWMETRY, QMAX IMPROVED TO 15 ML/S WITH A MEAN CHANGE +6 ML/S, AND PVR TO 42 ML. THE COMPLICATION RATE WAS 3%, AND 7% OF PATIENTS REQUIRED TURP FOR MEDIAN LOBE NECROSIS. REZUM IS A SAFE, EFFECTIVE TREATMENT FOR BPH IN SELECTED PATIENTS, DEMONSTRATING DURABLE SYMPTOM RELIEF AND LOW COMPLICATION RATES IN OUR PRACTICE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1786604 REZUM UNIT, ELECTROSURGICAL ENDOSCOPIC (WITH OR WITHOUT ACCESSORIES) KNS BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 NA Unknown Required Intervention