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I was implanted with an AMS700 LGX in August 2012. Recovery went smoothly and pump worked well until September of 2013 when the pump started working erratically and then finally stopped working at all. (Impossible to get the pump inflated at all.) Uro and AMS rep agreed that it was a malfunctioning pump. Am scheduled for revision in mid-August.

Any advice on specific questions to ask the uro prior to surgery?
Recommendations for post-revision recovery and/or follow-up?
Thanks much.

if your original surgeon did a good job and your recovery was fairly easy, I wouldn't worry excessively about the revision. My first surgery was botched but my revision (by a different and vastly more skilled surgeon) was easy and recovery was quick! Good luck!! (by the way - I worried myself to death prior to the revision!!!!)

I have a question for anyone who has had to have a pump replacement. My AMS 700CX functions well but the pump is too high in the scrotum. It rests tightly against the base of the penis and causes significant irritation. The surgeon has suggested that the solution is to just replace the pump with a new one with longer leads.

This raises the question in my mind of balancing the discomfort I presently feel with that of going through with the replacement.

Can anyone tell me if the pump replacement is a fairly simple procedure, or if it is the equal of the original implantation? I am leery of the thought of swollen testicles for several weeks and the thought of further nerve damage (and recuperation time) if I go through with the replacement.