Infrapubic approach - pump placement and tubing

[staphylococcusecoli]

For those who got an IPP via the infrapubic incision approach:

Are you comfortable with where the pump rests in your scrotum?

Does the palpable tubing bother you after recovery?
Thank you.

[staphylococcusecoli]

Bump

[Doggedly_positive]

Not really, as I wasn't consistent enough with pulling the pump down in the first couple of weeks and it migrated upwards and healed there.

I now understand why the nurse was so insistent after surgery that I pull it down regularly.

My bad.

[staphylococcusecoli]

Not really, as I wasn't consistent enough with pulling the pump down in the first couple of weeks and it migrated upwards and healed there.

I now understand why the nurse was so insistent after surgery that I pull it down regularly.

My bad.

Sorry to hear this and I hope things get better for you.

Could you share the pulling protocol advised by your surgeon? Is it done only for the first 2 weeks?

[PowerliftingDad]

I've had both pump placements and infrapubic is way better in my opinion. It is far less noticeable and the tubing isn't intrusive.

[Doggedly_positive]

Could you share the pulling protocol advised by your surgeon? Is it done only for the first 2 weeks?

The nurse just told me to pull down and forward every day for the first few weeks as I recall.

[Coyote]

So as someone just getting in line for going bionic, where else do they put the pump if not in your scrotum?

[staphylococcusecoli]

So as someone just getting in line for going bionic, where else do they put the pump if not in your scrotum?

The pump always resides in the scrotum, however, some have a strong opinion that the infrapubic route allows less direct and less precise pump placement than the penoscrotal method, increasing the risk of suboptimal pump positioning and post-op high riding pump issues leading to revision surgeries.

[staphylococcusecoli]

Could you share the pulling protocol advised by your surgeon? Is it done only for the first 2 weeks?

The nurse just told me to pull down and forward every day for the first few weeks as I recall.

Thank you. Is it harder to do it with all the pain, soreness and bruising?

[Doggedly_positive]

No, not at all.
Remember, this is during the immediate 2 week post-op period when you're drugged up to the eyeballs with painkillers, so it's not a problem.
I never had much pain anyway.