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Anyone else have two reservoirs?
Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2017 2:22 am
by wolfcreek
The surgeon couldn't get the original one out during my second implant surgery, so he left it in place and put the new reservoir beside it. Anyone else experienced this? Any complications arising?
Re: Anyone else have two reservoirs?
Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2017 8:21 am
by LMCatman
That sounds a bit odd but....... we're a bunch of guys with "pump-up dicks"....... Good luck man......
Re: Anyone else have two reservoirs?
Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2017 11:38 am
by cincinnatus1951
Wolfcreek:
I am aware of a man who had a revision. The doctor said the old reservoir would have scar tissue and blood vessels around it and removing it becomes an infection and bleeding hazard. He drained the old reservoir and installed the new one on the other side of his body.
Cincinnatus
Re: Anyone else have two reservoirs?
Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2017 11:44 am
by ThePlumber1964
What Cincinnatus is describing is exactly my case. So, based on my research, it is not that uncommon.
Re: Anyone else have two reservoirs?
Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2017 11:52 pm
by sliphill
cincinnatus1951 wrote:Wolfcreek:
I am aware of a man who had a revision. The doctor said the old reservoir would have scar tissue and blood vessels around it and removing it becomes an infection and bleeding hazard. He drained the old reservoir and installed the new one on the other side of his body.
Cincinnatus
Makes sense, especially knowing how the body encapsulates foreign bodies. Why mess with it!
Re: Anyone else have two reservoirs?
Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2017 12:21 am
by alibaba
Doctor Kramer told me sometimes you can do a lot of damage trying to find and remove old reservoirs. Sometimes they can be re-used, sometimes removed, sometimes it is best to "decommission" them and put in another. I seem to recall one of the companies listed in their kit selection a plug to stop up the line for doing just that.