Numbness

[Discovernew]

Well stated. Couldn't agree more. As Dr. Wilson, basically the Godfather of this field put it in ‘Celebrating 50 Years of Penile Implants’:

"The last person who thinks the patient needs corrective surgery is the original surgeon. When trouble brews, pick up the phone and get another opinion."

Lasthope, is that a direct quote from Wilson? when did he say that?

Anyway it's true that original surgeons will not admit errors

Yes Discovernew. It has been my experience as well. Original surgeon responded coldly with "I don't know" to my immediate concerns and expressed silence and deflection such as:

"You are a very nice man"
"I'm very happy to see you in my clinic"
"Thank you for letting me know"

Attorneys advice them to never admit fault. Here's a little blog about that:
https://www.rudnicklaw.com/blog/doctors ... dmit-them/

About Wilson's quote, it's in a 2023 paper he co-authored with Martin S Gross:
Celebrating 50 years of penile implants
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10622314/

Lasthope, that's a very true quote, i had to learn that the hard way unfortunately. Whenever you have a problem with a surgery performed by a doctor (not only about implants), seek a second opinion. The first doctor will never admit fault.

I wish i had read this quote many years ago

And that is actually a very nice article to read, i saved it for reading later. Thanks for sharing

[stgalli]

Others and I have posted about numbness after implant surgery. It happens more often than the surgeons are aware, and it isn't well enough studied to know how frequently it occurs, or how often it improves or resolves completely. From the comments on FrankTalk, it seems like it usually gets a lot better, but it can take six months to a year, or maybe a bit more for maximal improvement. Part of the issue is a lack of engorgement of the glans and corpus spongiosum, and associated "cold glans syndrome." Many men find that oral ED drugs (PDE5 inhibitors) or topical alprostadil ("Trimix" gel) help with both engorgement and sensitivity. If you search the forum for Trimix gel, you'll find my comments on where you can get it, cost, etc.

[easymoney]

Had same dr. same issues .. just glosses over issues ... changes subject .. did all 3 of my surgeries except for the last one I caught him having a student do it the he back pedaled about it .. seems like many surgeons are like this not just him.