Anyone else have two reservoirs?

[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?

[LMCatman]

That sounds a bit odd but....... we're a bunch of guys with "pump-up dicks"....... Good luck man......

[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

[ThePlumber1964]

What Cincinnatus is describing is exactly my case. So, based on my research, it is not that uncommon.

[sliphill]

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!

[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.