floppy head

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superb_h
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floppy head

Postby superb_h » Sun Jan 18, 2015 7:00 pm

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

bionic3rdleg
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Re: floppy head

Postby bionic3rdleg » Sun Jan 18, 2015 8:31 pm

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.

KMeister
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Re: floppy head

Postby KMeister » Mon Jan 19, 2015 3:33 am

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

PCHelp76180
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Re: floppy head

Postby PCHelp76180 » Mon Jan 19, 2015 6:41 am

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

KMeister
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Re: floppy head

Postby KMeister » Mon Jan 19, 2015 3:20 pm

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

Membrillo
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Re: floppy head

Postby Membrillo » Thu Jan 22, 2015 2:38 pm

Hello KMeister , did you regain your pre-op length after the second surgery? thanks


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