Alignment (cylinder malpositioned).

[Jon12345]

Hi Everyone
Posted date: 20 Apr 2026
Hope you can help with some advice please.

Summary/ Background Info
Three months ago (Jan 2026), I had a replacement 3 piece implant. AMS LGX 700, as the original 8 year old AMS 700 CS failed when the pump "popped" and completely stopped working.

3 months after the Jan 2026 operation, the site trauma has subsided but as you can see from the attachments one of the cylinders is pointing out to one side of the shaft.

Details
I'm 55 years old.
* This is my second penile implant (1st 2018, 2nd 2026)
* Surgery date Jan 2026
* Both ops (8 years apart) were traumatic with 3 month recovery time needed each time.
* New device fitted Jan 2026 Boston Scientific AMS700 LGX
* I live in the UK (I understand this is 99% a USA website, but I'm hoping my US brother's can share their wisdom and experience on this topic)
* The surgery was done in Turkey (as the UK waiting list was 18 months +)
* I was told by the Surgeon in Turkey after the operation that I had hypermobility in the penis head, but despite this, the surgery was successful and they were happy for me to fly back to the UK to fully recover.

My problem is as follows:
* Back in the UK, the UK urologists reviews the recovery site and said they are worried that one of the implant cylinders has not been aligned correctly. Meaning, the top of one cylinders does not sit neatly under the head of the penis, so there is a risk of "erosion". The malpositioned cylinder may come out of the corpora cavernosa and breach the soft tissue of the penis. (Please see drawing attached)
* The urologist has suggested an MRI of the implant to check infection status and to see the position of the cylinders/ implant.
*The UK urologist said the malpositioning of one cylinder could lead to erosion, in which case the whole implant will have to come out.

✴️Understandably, I'm very scared that the implant will need to be removed.

Does anyone on this site have experience of malpositioning?
Does this automatically mean the implant needs to be fully removed? Or can the implant be properly resized/ aligned/ manipulated by surgical correction?

Appreciate your helpful comments on this topic.
Thanks

[Jon12345]

Drawing of cylinder malpositioned

[daddel]

In my honest opinion, you need a revision. It was wrongly positioned. Who on this earth did this operation? Was that a well known and experienced surgeon?

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[indeed]

Sorry this happened to you. You definetly should get a revision for this...

Please share the surgeons name here