floppy head
floppy head
I have some floppiness in my head the dr. couldn't get the cylinders far enough in. is there a surgery that can fix the problem beside going in and adding extensions? thanks superb_h
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bionic3rdleg
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Re: floppy head
I'd be surprised if they can fix that other than replacing the implant. However, I understand that replacing one is relatively less challenging than the initial surgery.
Re: floppy head
superb_h wrote:I have some floppiness in my head the dr. couldn't get the cylinders far enough in. is there a surgery that can fix the problem beside going in and adding extensions? thanks superb_h
I had the original surgery in June, 2011, then a revision in December 2011 due to floppy head. For the revision my uro did something called bilateral corporoplasty, in which the cylinders were taken out, then a pair of tunnel were carved out in the glands, then the cylinders were sterilized and reinserted along with some rear-tip extenders. The entire implant was not removed. Here's the short thread on the subject.
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=1040&start=0&hilit=floppy+head#p6627
Things went well until last year when one of the cylinders developed a bulge, so I underwent a second revision in December 2014 in which the entire Coloplast Titan implant was removed and replaced with a AMS 700 CX. I get re-activated on January 29.
KM
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PCHelp76180
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Re: floppy head
KMeister, which model was implanted the first time ?
ED since my late 30's. Implanted 7/7/15 Titan Coloplast 18cm +4 cm extenders. Revision Jan 2017
Re: floppy head
PCHelp76180 wrote:KMeister, which model was implanted the first time ?
It was a Coloplast Titan but not the One Touch Release. At the time my uro informed me that more than one patient of his had reported some inflation problems with the OTR. I believe the issue has since been resolved.
KM
Re: floppy head
Hello KMeister , did you regain your pre-op length after the second surgery? thanks
