I'm hoping someone out there may have some
advice on testicular implant surgery. I
had a testical removed in my mid teens due
to a sports injury. After more than a
decade of feeling inadequate, I decided to
have a saline-filled implant. It's been
10 days since the surgery, and I think the
doctor screwed up. It looks noticeably
bigger than the other one, and i'm in real
pain any time I have an erection (to the
point that it wakes me up at night, and I
have to pull really hard on the implant to
move it away from the shaft and wait until
the erection goes away. It feels like a
knife wound along the length of the shaft
when it's happening. I believe he
sutured the implant way too high up and
way too close to the shaft. He chose to
insert it thru a cut just above my penis
called an inguinal incision instead of
directly into the scrotum itself. I
found out that's where roughly 75% of
incisions are typically done for this
procedure mostly due to a preference from
the surgeon. (it looks more like a tumor
in the very upper portion of the left side
of my scrotum) is this a normal location?
He told me prior to surgery that I
should tug on it to get it into normal
position, but I don't really feel any
"give" when I pull. I'm sure when I go
see him, he won't admit there's anything
wrong for fear of a lawsuit. I don't
want to sue, I just want to feel and look
normal again. Kinda worried now. Any
advice out there? Anyone know of a
doctor in texas with experience in
testicular implants -- maybe that can
advise me on correcting this?
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BbyBlu0602
Active User, Really EHEALTHy
Joined: 10 Feb 2004 Posts: 822 Location: Virginia
Posted: 05-18-04 13:25pm
After a lot of surgeries things stay
swollen for a while and that can make
things look and feel different. If
you're really uncomfortable go back to
your doctor and get examined again..Or go
to a different doctor for their opinion.
Blu
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craig_rowe
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 30 May 2004 Posts: 1 Location: london
Posted: 05-30-04 23:12pm
Hi t in texas, craig in london, uk here.
I recently had a testicular implant and am
going through the same concerns but my
surgery was only 5 days ago so I am trying
not to panic just yet.....How are you
doing now? Any update, are things any
more normal?
