There are no published studies on how long to wait before replacing an infected implant. Due to small sample sizes, we are stuck with anecdotal reports ("in my experience") and single case reports. We do know that after an infection (say of a knee prosthesis) that the antibiotic removes mu...

A brilliant infectious disease specialist recommend to me that after 2 implant infections that I wait a year without any implant before reimplanting. This is based on literature for other implants like knees. There are no big studies on penile implants. Antibiotics do not totally clear the body of a...

I have had four different implants by three different surgeons. My first implant was an AMS 700 CX 18 +5 done by a prominent west coast surgeon. No infection, but implant was nonfunctional due to distal cylinder tips placed far short of the glans resulting in “floppy glans.” I chose a different surg...