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by wolfcreek
Thu Apr 25, 2024 9:58 am
Forum: Implants
Topic: AMS 700 cx pump is sutured so high it’s touching the shaft…
Replies: 8
Views: 936

Re: AMS 700 cx pump is sutured so high it’s touching the shaft…

Sounds similar to mine. I think the surgeon misjudged the implant placement/tube length. Difficult to have sex because of the pain that comes from having my partners body slamming the pump/testicle.
by wolfcreek
Sat Apr 02, 2022 8:47 am
Forum: Implants
Topic: Life span on implants
Replies: 39
Views: 5249

Re: Life span on implants

Well, we will have to agree to disagree I guess. At the end of the day all I have to go on is my own experience with implants. Neither one lasted anywhere near as long as I was led to believe it should (10 yeaars at a minimum, and probably much longer I was led to believe). In fact, the first one de...
by wolfcreek
Sat Apr 02, 2022 8:33 am
Forum: Implants
Topic: How much money should be set aside for a revision?
Replies: 29
Views: 3514

Re: How much money should be set aside for a revision?

$10,000 at a minimum. That is what I paid two years ago for my revision (the replacement itself was free, but the surgeon charged me $10,000 for doing the procedure). Just to be clear on this. Did the $10,000 cover the hospital also? Yes, it covered the surgeon, the anesthesiologist, and the operat...
by wolfcreek
Sat Apr 02, 2022 8:31 am
Forum: Implants
Topic: How much money should be set aside for a revision?
Replies: 29
Views: 3514

Re: How much money should be set aside for a revision?

Yes, it covered the surgeon, the anesthesiologist, and the operating room (not really a hospital).
by wolfcreek
Wed Mar 30, 2022 7:45 am
Forum: Implants
Topic: How much money should be set aside for a revision?
Replies: 29
Views: 3514

Re: How much money should be set aside for a revision?

$10,000 at a minimum. That is what I paid two years ago for my revision (the replacement itself was free, but the surgeon charged me $10,000 for doing the procedure).
by wolfcreek
Wed Mar 30, 2022 6:55 am
Forum: Implants
Topic: Life span on implants
Replies: 39
Views: 5249

Re: Life span on implants

The ones whose implants work well and for a long time post frequently on this forum (about how the implant lasts for so many years, how great it is, how much it changed their lives, etc). I suspect a lot of those posters are implant industry shills/promoters (data skewers)...... On the other hand, t...
by wolfcreek
Thu Feb 03, 2022 2:16 am
Forum: Implants
Topic: failure rate: coloplast vs.AMS/Boston Scientific??
Replies: 5
Views: 998

Re: failure rate: coloplast vs.AMS/Boston Scientific??

What about sticky valve issues? Any studies done comparing the two companies in this regard?
by wolfcreek
Wed Feb 02, 2022 11:04 am
Forum: Implants
Topic: failure rate: coloplast vs.AMS/Boston Scientific??
Replies: 5
Views: 998

failure rate: coloplast vs.AMS/Boston Scientific??

I am wondering if there has been any unbiased study of the two different implant company failure rates - leaking, pump malfunctions, and so on. Anyone know?
by wolfcreek
Sun Jan 23, 2022 4:08 am
Forum: Implants
Topic: Longest anyone has gone without needing a revision?
Replies: 9
Views: 1813

Re: Longest anyone has gone without needing a revision?

First one lasted 4.5 years. The replacement stopped after just 2 years....
by wolfcreek
Sun Jan 23, 2022 4:05 am
Forum: Implants
Topic: Does it last really 10 years?
Replies: 23
Views: 3217

Re: Does it last really 10 years?

My first one leaked/stopped working after 4.5 years, and the replacement stopped working after just 2 years (pump won't reset).

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