Grafting Technique and Dr. Levine

[johnnydurbin83]

I went to Dr. Levine for a third opinion. The first surgeon to get me erect and do a penile doppler. Already he is proving he is a pro. His golf balls say Doc Cock - keep em straight.

I'm 47, ED for 10+ years, Trimix for 2 and Peyronies visible since May. He gets me hard (with trimix) and measures my girth. 13cm toward my body, 12 cm at the hinge and 12.5 after.

He tells me I need grafting. First time I heard that but also first talk about a notch. He's gonna come in through the tip, unglove my penis, graft the notch...ugh I get the queezies thinking about it.

Two methods...one is a single sideways incision and a graft (patch) the other is a method he apparently founded and has been doing for 7 years doing a milder crosscut pattern then applied a graft. Insurance doesn't cover it and it's $7500 more...makes me wonder why not. Thoughts? He didn't really give me any tangible benefits except it uses more of my tunica.

Second he measured me at 14.5 cm stretched length. Another doc measured me at 18.5 cm erect. Which will I get and can he accurately measure it coming in through the tip? He seems intent on preserving size (and the only doc that truly encouraged me to do the titan because of my girth).

Anything I need to be aware of with him going through the tip? He said same recovery. My research indicated a bit longer. Also more swelling of my shaft.

I know this guy literally wrote the book on peyronies and teaches fellowships...and no one here knows better than him. But I know this level of surgery carries more risk and I'm now more scared than excited. Looking for other thoughts.

I'm scheduled for the crosscut method but can switch to traditional.

[thx1138]

I am not a health care professional of any kind. So; just an opinion. I have PD. and have have spoke to 2 Uros;
both indicated that my plaque/calcification/bend could be addressed internally with a #12 or #14 hook scalpel from
the inside entered from the pene scrotal incision. Grafting never came up in conversation, nor did plication. My concern with
a graft would be the risk of reduced sensation with the fair amount cutting involved. Also; I recall one post of a 90 degree bend being fixed with a Titian alone. Why exactly is the graft with devolve necessary ? Are you limited to one Dr. ?
Is there an insurance issue ? Why not get a second or third opinion ?

Good luck.