surgeon reviews

[lunacynic]

i'd like to see a single recurring or sticky thread with nothing but assessments of their doctors by members who have undergone implant surgery. after haunting this forum for a couple weeks it's clear that andrew kramer represents the gold standard for implant excellence in both surgical technique and bedside manner. he's relatively young yet boasts the most complete and comprehensive body of achievement of any doctor discussed in ft. his pre-op preparation is thorough. he documents his surgical strategies with hd videos of actual procedures performed. members have reported very little post-op trauma and supported these reports with photos. and he maintains post-op communication with patients, going as far as personal visits to their hotels.

i see no compelling reason why other urologists can't just follow his example and provide equally excellent service. i could have been spared a lot of pain if my doctor had simply advised me to remain reclined during the first 48-72hrs with my scrotum elevated. that's in the first paragraph the post-op instructions posted on dr kramers website. but for those who don't have the opportunity to use dr kramer i think it would be useful to provide a single source for people who find their way to this forum before they schedule surgery to judge some other options.

[Jamesbond]

I think every Dr does it a little differently.
No-touch technique.
Another Dr told me he cuts you differently than Kramer or Eid
and leaves a smaller scar, less shrinkage. He was full of BS.
He just wanted the $$$
I saw Eid, he does things his way. I was thinking of going to see Kramer.
Heard Kramer is very good. Think they and a few others have done hundreds or thousands of implants.
I saw a urologist and he said he could do it. Said he has done it before.
After I asked him a question or 2, I realized he maybe has only done a few implants. Will stick with someone that has installed hundreds or thousands.
In NYC dozens of urologist. Very few do implants. Not sure enough info available to create guidelines or what works best. Even stretching prior to implants.
No set guidelines, 1 dr says it works another says it is a waste of time.

[MARKOS2018]

Plenty of surgeons around and many don't advertise. So one can rely on a surgeon that has done many procedures.

My Sinai has a good men's clinic and surgeon that does implants. Easier to go to surgeon that is close to you in case of fuck ups. Always can return to complain and not have to travel.

Don't think a surgeon would attempt a surgery like IPP if they weren't sure of outcome. I had Eid who is good but ended up in hospital for internal bleeding?

So go with gut instinct.

[roninhouston]

Doctor Robert J. Cornell is one of the best in the nation of the high volume doctors, i.e., 1000 IPP in the last ten years.

If you Google "Robert Cornell IPP" it will being up an article........

http://www.excelmale.com/showthread.php ... in-Houston
Jul 16, 2014 - 4 posts - ‎1 author
Q & A with Robert J. Cornell, M.D. – Prosthetic Urology and Men's Health Specialist
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On his website is an interview when he appeared on the Howard Stern Show
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I posted this for someone on FT looking for a quality IPP doctor........

As for as a doctor I would select a good one in your part of the country, i.e., east coast, middle US, west coast. Of course for obvious reasons I suggest Robert Cornell.
- he studied at the Scott Urology school where the IPP was developed by Dr. Scott in the Houston's Texas Medical Center. The patent is now held by AMS. Dr. Scott was on of founders of AMS.
- he studied surgery at the DeBakey School, home of the famous heart surgeon.
- if you need to have a artifical urinary sphincter (AUS) to control bladder leakage he can put in both with one incision, one OP. BTW it was developed by Dr. Scott.
- he does enough IPP ops to be high volume but it does not seem to be like an assembly line, has excellent staff
- with a search on FT your will find cases of botched IPP by some of the above often mentioned URO that he came in behind them to fix their mistakes.
- after your IPP op you spend the night in a hospital, not a hotel room.
- IMHO You do not want to be in a hotel room after your IPP op. If you need to have your meds changed because you are in pain. Easy to push the button and nurses get your meds rather than you trying to get a prescript and get it filled walking around just hours out of surgery. My meds were change twice before I was comfortable.
- Dr. Cornell removed my catheter the morning after the surgery and verified everything looked normal.
- offers concierge services for out of town patients
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My operation went text book, no length was lost, no floppy head and a rock solid erection on demand. In preparation of the IPP Op I followed the Pre-Op VED Protocol Therapy and continued in Post-Op.

[LMCatman]

Miami.....Paul Perito....my personal hero.....fixed my fucked up implant......a great, friendly, down-to-earth guy.....certainly a "top-tier" surgeon...28 months post-revision and no problems.....good luck

[Boulder]

Roninhouston you couldn't have said it any better then Robert Cornell himself who I truly believe you are! I have to post that Cornell is the absolute most unprofessional doc out there and I'm speaking from experience. He cut me in 3 places, one under my glans that was totally unnessasary, and left me with a permanent left hook (and I don't even play golf) one in my scrotum which was jagged, and one in my abdomen that got infected because he didn't give me instructions to change the dressing. He stuffed the reservoir up my left inguinal canal and it fell halfway into my scrotum causing pain and the tubing to twist around my penis and budge out from the top. The istallation was a complet mess, cylinders at the tip eventually crossed over eachother causing horrible pain, and to top it off the devise never got hard because it ran out of fluid due to his incompetence of not filling the reservoir enough. I know he tried to do his best but it was a complet nightmare. He screwed up at least two others that I know about; David from Dallas and Joe from Jersey. He also bad mouthed all the other surgeons, which I find despicable, and those surgeons have virtually have no respect for him or his surgical skills. BTW these guys all know each other, they play in the same sandbox.

Kramer is another one who I have no respect for. I personally know 5 guys he's botched and sent on their merry way without a solution. After his surgery I was in major pain for over a year with no solution from him except to see his buddy the "pain" specialist.

Eid on the other hand I do have respect for! He at least admitted that he tried to help me out by putting in the longest cylinders in he thought I could handle. Unfortunately, they were a bit too long and started to erode through the skin. His incision was the best, the erection was great, and the recovery time also the easiest. He's a skilled surgeon and a humble man.

Now we get to Dr.Rafael Carrion, this man is a professor of Sexual Medicine at the University of Southern Florida, a second generation urologist and was the only surgeon that did a Cystoscope and a CT scan of my pelvis to see what the problem truly was before he operated. He gave me very specific written instructions upon my discharge and was the only one of the four that works with a national nursing care company. I live 2 1/2 hours from Tampa so Carrion prescribed a nurse to come to my house for the first twelve days to clean, change the dressing, and check incision site. There is no way I could have done that myself. I also, developed a "seroma" after the surgery which is fluid that builds up between the tunica and cylinder, this was on the left cylinder. He and his staff carefully and skillfully drained the fluid on three different occasions without damaging the cylinders. He also ordered a 3D CT scan to make sure the devise was properly installed which it is. Most importantly he NEVER said one bad word about the other surgeons who butchered me and was such a professional he earned my utmost respect. My only regret is that I didn't find out about him for the first surgery. Carrion flys under the radar, he wears scrubs and sneakers not expensive suits and shoes to try to impress anyone. He doesn't have an expensive website sponsored by any of the manufacturers of the devises. He does over 300 implant procedures a year and according to his nurse over 50% of them are revisions from the big name assembly line guys. He is truly a gifted surgeon and humble human being. In my opinion the absolute best out there! I now have a fully functional Coloplast OTR that I plan to wear out.
Be well all,
Spike

P.S. Carrion took over 3 hours to do my surgery last May, I was one of two on his schedule that day. If a surgeon tells you he can do this procedure in 12-15 minutes and that he can do 10-12 guys in a day.....run!

[stiffupperlip]

Spike, who are these 5 guys that Kramer botched? Are they on the site? So far in all of my research I can't find anyone besides you who has had a horrible experience with Dr. Kramer.

[dg_moore]

Spike, who are these 5 guys that Kramer botched? Are they on the site? So far in all of my research I can't find anyone besides you who has had a horrible experience with Dr. Kramer.

As a Kramer alum myself, I can attest like so many others that my experience and result were as perfect as they could have been, and Dr. Kramer remains instantly accessible now as he did over 8 years ago. The term "botched" bothers me - it implies bungled, or something done clumsily or incompetently. A bad outcome may be beyond the control of the surgeon, and could also follow from a perfectly performed procedure.

[Vegasman]

I went to Dr Edward Karpman. I have read only positive reviews, I had no complications, my penis gained lots of girth and is working excellent, with an early activation. He and his staff answer emails fast (my favorite contact method) pre and post surgery.
I wanted to interview Dr Kramer, but he never answered my inquiries.

[psyched123]

If you live in Texas, you couldn't find a better skilled and caring surgeon than Dr. Bryan Kansas in Austin. I have some contrast in this because I experienced the opposite with Dr. Morey in Dallas. Dr. Kansas knows how to put in an implant that will work great for you and greatly minimize your pain and discomfort. Although he has done hundreds of implants, he isn't as well known and as booked-up as the big names yet. You should be able to get right in to see him and get plenty of personal attention. Very valuable!