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woodturner
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Implant quit working

Postby woodturner » Mon Oct 10, 2022 6:24 pm

Yesterday (Sunday) my implant would not pump. The pump bulb after just a few squeezes would stay flat. I gave it another try this morning and I can hear
some of the liquid gurgling in a way I have never heard before. I am reasonably certain I have a leak and I will need a replacement.
I have already made an appointment with a Dr Hotaling in Salt Lace City. I was lucky, I will be seeing him 4 days after the implant quit working.
I would have the original surgeon fix it. However it was done by Dr. Aaron Lentz in North Carolina almost 8 years ago. I now live in Idaho about 2-1/2 hours from
Salt Lake City.

Questions: Has anybody reading this ever had a replacement surgery? If so how did it go compared to the original surgery. Is a replacement surgery tougher of easier? Any input would be appreciated.
Total ED since a 6/2010 RPA. Pills and injections didn't work. 2nd revision with a Coloplast Titan (24CM w & 2CM RTEs)on 12/15/2022. 68 years old
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Hrc714
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Location: Baltimore area

Re: Implant quit working

Postby Hrc714 » Tue Oct 11, 2022 5:55 pm

I had the same gurgling flat bulb failure. I can say the 2nd surgery is about 50% as difficult as the first for me. My issue has been that I lost 1/2 inch on first implant and 1 inch on second. This even with a device upsized by 2 cm. Good luck with your revision.
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Implant July 2017, AMS 700, 24 X 12 MM, 2 x .5 CM extension.
Implant failed Nov , 2021
Revision March 2022, Titan 26 cm.
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dg_moore
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Re: Implant quit working

Postby dg_moore » Tue Oct 11, 2022 5:58 pm

My Titan quit after 12 years of no use. No gurgling, and no movement of fluid at all.
Dave, 80, Maryland - Implant (Titan) 2008 by Dr. Andrew Kramer (failed Sept 2020) - never used due to a stroke that, among other things, ended my sex life.
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nuance
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Re: Implant quit working

Postby nuance » Tue Oct 11, 2022 9:35 pm

Hrc714 wrote:I had the same gurgling flat bulb failure. I can say the 2nd surgery is about 50% as difficult as the first for me. My issue has been that I lost 1/2 inch on first implant and 1 inch on second. This even with a device upsized by 2 cm. Good luck with your revision.


You weren't able to recover the 1/2 inch with cycling? Do you think the 1 inch loss is cause you had to wait a few months for revision surgery?
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