Implant Risk & Complications

[defiant]

Hello my brothers,

I'm sure many of you by now have seen me post here and there. I won't rattle off my story. Suffice to say, I can't really stay hard and I'm in a very low place having dealt with ED in some form or another for 12 years or so, to worsening degrees.

I am at the point where I am SERIOUSLY considering implant surgery and in view of this, I have arranged to see the leading implant surgeon in Europe, Dr David Ralph, soon.

I do apologise if I may have asked certain questions or raised certain concerns before but I really am trying to do all the groundwork and gather as many testimonials as possible.

The risks I have established are as follows:

- Infection
- Malfunction
- Shortening
- Loss of sensation
- Loss of girth and size overall

From reading through these forums as if it were the best-selling book of the 21st century I have come to feel as though many of our brothers have had complications of one form or another, some more serious than others.

Specifically, twisting, poor sizing, cylinders not reaching to the glans, men having to use cock-rings still to maintain rigidity at the end of the penis. And of course, naturally, one pauses and has concern...

I know we all have widely different starting points and aetiologies. Therefore we will all have different results. We all have differing anatomies after all but within me, I truly feel as though an implant is one day where I will end up.

Is it that most surgeries are successful and those men choose not to share online, so we see mostly men reporting upon their failures? Don't get me wrong, I know so many of you here are so very thrilled, most in fact, but I guess my question is,


Is this procedure really as sure-fire as is advertised? (90-95% satisfaction rates).

I know to go for a world-class surgeon, I know length loss is expected, I know it takes time to bed in. But these stories of twisting, revisions after a few weeks, poor sizing, they all concern me and I just want to find out how common these complaints are.

Thank you, all!
Defiant

Personal accounts and honest testimonials are truly welcome! God bless you all.

[Larry10625]

Hello my brothers,

I'm sure many of you by now have seen me post here and there. I won't rattle off my story. Suffice to say, I can't really stay hard and I'm in a very low place having dealt with ED in some form or another for 12 years or so, to worsening degrees.

I am at the point where I am SERIOUSLY considering implant surgery and in view of this, I have arranged to see the leading implant surgeon in Europe, Dr David Ralph, soon.

I do apologise if I may have asked certain questions or raised certain concerns before but I really am trying to do all the groundwork and gather as many testimonials as possible.

The risks I have established are as follows:

- Infection
- Malfunction
- Shortening
- Loss of sensation
- Loss of girth and size overall

From reading through these forums as if it were the best-selling book of the 21st century I have come to feel as though many of our brothers have had complications of one form or another, some more serious than others.

Specifically, twisting, poor sizing, cylinders not reaching to the glans, men having to use cock-rings still to maintain rigidity at the end of the penis. And of course, naturally, one pauses and has concern...

I know we all have widely different starting points and aetiologies. Therefore we will all have different results. We all have differing anatomies after all but within me, I truly feel as though an implant is one day where I will end up.

Is it that most surgeries are successful and those men choose not to share online, so we see mostly men reporting upon their failures? Don't get me wrong, I know so many of you here are so very thrilled, most in fact, but I guess my question is,


Is this procedure really as sure-fire as is advertised? (90-95% satisfaction rates).

I know to go for a world-class surgeon, I know length loss is expected, I know it takes time to bed in. But these stories of twisting, revisions after a few weeks, poor sizing, they all concern me and I just want to find out how common these complaints are.

Thank you, all!
Defiant

I think I have the worst complication of all... infection which lead to septic shack and I lost the implant to save my life. Having said all that, I was very excited to get my second implant on Dec 14th. You have to compare all the cons with the pros... the best being you now have a dick that you can do something other than pee with it. None of the cons would have changed my mind. My wife will soon be happy I did what I did.

Larry

[defiant]

Hello my brothers,

I'm sure many of you by now have seen me post here and there. I won't rattle off my story. Suffice to say, I can't really stay hard and I'm in a very low place having dealt with ED in some form or another for 12 years or so, to worsening degrees.

I am at the point where I am SERIOUSLY considering implant surgery and in view of this, I have arranged to see the leading implant surgeon in Europe, Dr David Ralph, soon.

I do apologise if I may have asked certain questions or raised certain concerns before but I really am trying to do all the groundwork and gather as many testimonials as possible.

The risks I have established are as follows:

- Infection
- Malfunction
- Shortening
- Loss of sensation
- Loss of girth and size overall

From reading through these forums as if it were the best-selling book of the 21st century I have come to feel as though many of our brothers have had complications of one form or another, some more serious than others.

Specifically, twisting, poor sizing, cylinders not reaching to the glans, men having to use cock-rings still to maintain rigidity at the end of the penis. And of course, naturally, one pauses and has concern...

I know we all have widely different starting points and aetiologies. Therefore we will all have different results. We all have differing anatomies after all but within me, I truly feel as though an implant is one day where I will end up.

Is it that most surgeries are successful and those men choose not to share online, so we see mostly men reporting upon their failures? Don't get me wrong, I know so many of you here are so very thrilled, most in fact, but I guess my question is,


Is this procedure really as sure-fire as is advertised? (90-95% satisfaction rates).

I know to go for a world-class surgeon, I know length loss is expected, I know it takes time to bed in. But these stories of twisting, revisions after a few weeks, poor sizing, they all concern me and I just want to find out how common these complaints are.

Thank you, all!
Defiant

I think I have the worst complication of all... infection which lead to septic shack and I lost the implant to save my life. Having said all that, I was very excited to get my second implant on Dec 14th. You have to compare all the cons with the pros... the best being you now have a dick that you can do something other than pee with it. None of the cons would have changed my mind. My wife will soon be happy I did what I did.

Larry

Yes, Larry,

I'm aware of your quite serious complication! Did you ever get to the bottom of why that happened? Poor surgeon? Bad luck? Bad compliance on post-care on your part? (Not saying you were that way! Just asking!)

I'm so happy you are now re-implanted. Is it going well so far, your recovery...

Wishing you all the very very best!!!!

[Lost Sheep]

Complication rate and satisfaction rate.

The peer-reviewed medical literature indicates anywhere between 70% and 95% of implantees and their partners are satisfied (ranging from merely satisfied to ecstatic).

Service life of the current products is projected to be in excess of 10 years (most implants installed 10 years ago are srill in service).

I did not save links to the articles I read, and it took quite a while to run across them all, buttherr is a high degree of agreement in the statistics, so I believe the rate os sucess to be quite high.

The rate of failure may be low, and the rate of catastrophoc faikure VERY low, but low probability-high consequence outcomes are something to be concerned about. So, you are quite wise to investigate.

Good luck

[CTR5000]

Maybe I'm just lucky in that I've had absolutely no complications whatsoever in the 2 years, 8-1/2 months of living with my implant. It's interesting that I too see reports ranging from "lesser dissatisfactions" to absolute horror stories regarding other guys and their implants. I'm thinking that within this site, we're hearing from (and making friends with!) such a concentration of guys who've made the choice to go for an implant. Here, we're going to see far more of "the good, the bad and the ugly" results than out in the general population of the planet. The various forms of ED and the assorted treatment possibilities are what drew us together in the first place.

Perhaps in time my implant will bring complications. Two and a half years isn't all that long in the big picture. Many guys have lived with their implants FAR longer... some having faced (or about to face) a replacement along the way. I'll cross that bridge if and when I get there.

Relatively few in this site even know of my rave reviews regarding my AMS 700 LGX, or about my urologist/surgeon who installed it. That's my fault. The ones that DO know are the ones I've spoken to over the phone as they've considered going the implant route or are scheduled for their surgery. And those are a fraction of all that need to hear. The saying is that "the squeaky wheel gets the grease." But my "wheel" doesn't "squeak" since I got it so I haven't needed to reach out looking for "grease" to fix it!

I guess this tells me that I should maybe do a post now and then just to say: I LOVE my implant and have had no complaints! I've lost nothing in length or girth. In fact, both have increased since my implant. (Not just my words but my husband's also... and he can get a much closer look than I can!) Recuperation was a relative breeze compared to what some guys here have unfortunately gone through. My recuperation from appendicitis surgery was FAR worse! And I'm not even going to go into what it was like to recover from losing my big toe in an altercation with my Lawnboy lawnmower! (I'll bet THAT made you cringe!) I'd do it again in a heartbeat if I had/have to! (Meaning my implant... NOT the lawnmower toe amputation!)

I need to follow my own rule in that I always make a point to ask for a supervisor to say when I've gotten great customer service... not just when there's been a problem. I need to do similar in here to let guys know that yes, I'm one who's in that 90% to 95% implant satisfaction rate... and that's an understatement! It was a young man in Jim's and my congregation who first told me of his astounding experience getting his implant in his 20's. Time to pass on the same pep talk he gave me!

[dg_moore]

Your list of concerns is the same list we all worried about to some extent. The better your surgeon, the less likely any of these occurrences become. Find the most experienced and skilled doctor you can and put yourself in his/her hands. The odds are extremely high that all will go well and you will be pleased. Some choose their doctor based on geography, which may not be your best strategy.

[defiant]

Maybe I'm just lucky in that I've had absolutely no complications whatsoever in the 2 years, 8-1/2 months of living with my implant. It's interesting that I too see reports ranging from "lesser dissatisfactions" to absolute horror stories regarding other guys and their implants. I'm thinking that within this site, we're hearing from (and making friends with!) such a concentration of guys who've made the choice to go for an implant. Here, we're going to see far more of "the good, the bad and the ugly" results than out in the general population of the planet. The various forms of ED and the assorted treatment possibilities are what drew us together in the first place.

Perhaps in time my implant will bring complications. Two and a half years isn't all that long in the big picture. Many guys have lived with their implants FAR longer... some having faced (or about to face) a replacement along the way. I'll cross that bridge if and when I get there.

Relatively few in this site even know of my rave reviews regarding my AMS 700 LGX, or about my urologist/surgeon who installed it. That's my fault. The ones that DO know are the ones I've spoken to over the phone as they've considered going the implant route or are scheduled for their surgery. And those are a fraction of all that need to hear. The saying is that "the squeaky wheel gets the grease." But my "wheel" doesn't "squeak" since I got it so I haven't needed to reach out looking for "grease" to fix it!

I guess this tells me that I should maybe do a post now and then just to say: I LOVE my implant and have had no complaints! I've lost nothing in length or girth. In fact, both have increased since my implant. (Not just my words but my husband's also... and he can get a much closer look than I can!) Recuperation was a relative breeze compared to what some guys here have unfortunately gone through. My recuperation from appendicitis surgery was FAR worse! And I'm not even going to go into what it was like to recover from losing my big toe in an altercation with my Lawnboy lawnmower! (I'll bet THAT made you cringe!) I'd do it again in a heartbeat if I had/have to! (Meaning my implant... NOT the lawnmower toe amputation!)

I need to follow my own rule in that I always make a point to ask for a supervisor to say when I've gotten great customer service... not just when there's been a problem. I need to do similar in here to let guys know that yes, I'm one who's in that 90% to 95% implant satisfaction rate... and that's an understatement! It was a young man in Jim's and my congregation who first told me of his astounding experience getting his implant in his 20's. Time to pass on the same pep talk he gave me!

Colin,

I'm ecstatic for you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sounds amazing and I'm sure your implant will serve you for many years to come. The point is - ED is behind you!

I really could do with a chat with you at some point if you're amenable to that?

It seems as though you've benefitted from a great surgeon, expert care and some good old-fashioned, good luck!

So happy to read this. If only all men who have this procedure had such splendid results!

[defiant]

Your list of concerns is the same list we all worried about to some extent. The better your surgeon, the less likely any of these occurrences become. Find the most experienced and skilled doctor you can and put yourself in his/her hands. The odds are extremely high that all will go well and you will be pleased. Some choose their doctor based on geography, which may not be your best strategy.

Totally on board with what you're saying and I whole-heartedly subscribe to it!

I'm a Londoner and luckily, one of the most reputed implanters in the world is based here - it is he whom I am seeing soon.

[ED2013]

Write down all the questions you have for your surgeon and bring it to your appointment. It’s easy to forget.

[defiant]

Write down all the questions you have for your surgeon and bring it to your appointment. It’s easy to forget.

I will do! I tend to do that anyway but sometimes forget. I also record them on my phone so I can remember everything that has been discussed.