Do you regret surgery? If so, why?
Nope
Yes I do.
I had an upward curve of around 100 degrees. I had an incision and grafting procedure, which also included circumcision.
I am left with a residual curve of around 45 degrees, total loss of length of over an inch, daily discomfort from circumcision and retracted flaccid penis, and loss of sensitivity.
I have now had further surgery to try and make things more comfortable; in other other words to try and get me some way back to where I was prior to surgery; with little or no option to correct the curve without going down the implant road.
So, in hindsight, I would have just lived with the extreme curve, where I was only impacted in the bedroom. I would have overcome the difficulty in the bedroom, but struggling on a day to day basis affects all aspects of my life.
I regret that I had the incision and grafting procedure done. I had a 70 deg bend without other complications. Now I have some loss of sensitivity with hour-glassing so the end is almost floppy. I knew that there was a possibility of ED. I wish I would have gone implant from the start.
There are some good peyronies surgeons in the states. Dr Levine and Karpman come to mind.
Quote from: MarkDS on December 15, 2019, 04:25:59 AM
Yes I do.
I had an upward curve of around 100 degrees. I had an incision and grafting procedure, which also included circumcision.
I am left with a residual curve of around 45 degrees, total loss of length of over an inch, daily discomfort from circumcision and retracted flaccid penis, and loss of sensitivity.
I have now had further surgery to try and make things more comfortable; in other other words to try and get me some way back to where I was prior to surgery; with little or no option to correct the curve without going down the implant road.
So, in hindsight, I would have just lived with the extreme curve, where I was only impacted in the bedroom. I would have overcome the difficulty in the bedroom, but struggling on a day to day basis affects all aspects of my life.
Well, I'm seeing a Peyroines specialist, Dr Lue, at UC San Francisco, about his surgery with alloderm grafting. But, if it will lay down scar tissue that would negatively impact my foreskin stretching efforts to get full coverage, and then some, then I'm saying no to the surgery.
NOPE! - only treatment that worked.
I had excision and grafting and it worked extremely well for me. From +70 degree upward curve to now straight, and that was 12 years ago.
I think you need to careful when evaluating "surgeries" in general. You also have to include the SURGEON in that analysis. Am I implying there are "not so good" surgeons..... unfortunately, yes.
No absolutely no regrets.
Eight weeks post op. Plication and grafting (graft for hourglassing) with Dr Brian Christine in Alabama. Trained with Tom Lue.
I'm grateful every day!!!
Yes there are other options. But the surgery which takes about 45 min and has very little discomfort post op is worth it.
I'm
Done.
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With Peyronies
Thanks for the update Benjamin and pleased to hear of your result.
Please continue to update us on your post-surgical experience.
There have been a few studies done on this exact subject, and they all concurred that most men regret penis surgery. I have not seen one on implant surgery though, just the usual plication etc.
Benjamin - did you suffer any loss of size or ED after surgery ?
Skunk, it would be helpful if you can reference such studies as this is very disconcerting.
Ten weeks post op; happy this was done. Good solid straight erections.
Loss of length was minimal.
But understand that your penis will never be the same as it was.
The disease causes some loss of length regardless of the procedure.
I don't mourn the loss of my old penis; I celebrate having a new one.
Quote from: TonySa on April 19, 2020, 11:05:11 PM
Skunk, it would be helpful if you can reference such studies as this is very disconcerting.
Very true Tony, and as I hope you'd agree, I do usually lead with the reference rather than just mentioning it. I will find and post it as soon as I get time, I've not been online much as all this covid-19 stuff has caused a huge boom in business.
Quote from: Benjamin62 on April 23, 2020, 07:23:58 AM
But understand that your penis will never be the same as it was.
The disease causes some loss of length regardless of the procedure.
I don't mourn the loss of my old penis; I celebrate having a new one.
This is at the core of the dissatisfaction I would think. Men expect the same as they had before, but that is often unreasonable.
I agree with this. After my surgery I am not back to "normal", but I am better than before surgery. I was scared of continuing to lose length, and that is no longer a concern. I have regained my length, and am straight. I do have a bulge where the graft was placed, but that doesn't bother me. I also don't have rock hard erections anymore, but still have them and can have sex. Getting rid of the fear of a worsening curve and more length loss, I am happy I had the surgery
I strongly regret having surgery but only because the procedure was a failure. Had it been a success I'm sure there would be no regret.
My case is an example of why due diligence is so important. For a period Franklin Kuehhas in Vienna was the "poster boy" of successful surgery in this forum. I mistakenly bought into that and proceeded to have him perform the surgery. Mistake which may have been avoided if I had done more asking and checking around. I did some of that but obviously not enough. I'm in worse shape now than I was prior to the procedure.
I like Benjamin's attitude toward the post surgical state. No one will be exactly the same after surgery. If you come out of this with a functional and usable erection you've done well. But don't expect things to be exactly as they were.
I'm on the fence about my surgery. At the time it was the right choice for me as nothing else worked. But now after a year of being straight and happy with the result. I have noticed some upwards curve which I think could be a messed up surgery. So now I am back in a dilemma :(.
Richard, how much upward curve is it? Is it possible you've had a recurrence if Peyronie's rather than the surgery failing?
Quote from: TonySa on May 08, 2020, 09:03:42 PM
Richard, how much upward curve is it? Is it possible you%u2019ve had a recurrence if Peyronie%u2019s rather than the surgery failing?
It is about 6 or 7 degrees I am not entirely sure. I thought it was a recurrence at first, but the curve is upwards and my previous curve was to the left. I have no plaque on the top. So I think its a surgery failure.
One can have plaque and not feel it. Did the doc do an ultrasound?
That's true but I am not aware if I did injure myself to cause another bend. I have been careful ever since the surgery. I was meant to have one but with all this pandemic. It was canceled. It is not as bad as my previous curve. This one at least is functional and can have sex without any issues.
12 weeks post surgery. Grateful beyond belief.
It's a question of Time, dedication, and resources.
Yes organic options MIGHT lead to a solution. But a 45 min surgery with a reasonable recovery... leaves me believing (FOR me) this was a great outcome.
Ability to have a normal sex life and preservation of my mental health is paramount.
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Dr Brian Christine, Birmingham, AL
What a wonderful man...
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We've never done a poll, and I don't think it would be accurate if we did. I read most of the posts on the forum and it seems to me that there are more members who were satisfied with their surgery than not.
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I don't get how I could such disfunctional after kuwhhas surgery. I had basically no erecting problem prior to it and after that I can't keep it. Stimulation getting it to fade away no matter what.
This was one of the reasons why I was cautious of surgery. Some people come out worse than when they went in, with no fuction or nerve damage where they lose feeling int heir penis.
These were the risks explained to me... I think its important everyone is aware of the risks involved and try all other treatments and therapies before opting for surgery.
Best option for you guys who now have ED for the kuehas surgery is probably an implant? Hope you guys haven't lost too much $ from the surgery and it was covered under insurance.
JJ
The point is the literature itself is blurry and confused. Doctors sell it as candy but if you consider that re operation is extremely common, well, the amount of people getting out of the process disfunctional is enormous. It's a tragedy going on under silence as people seldom complain about it due the intimacy of the problem.
Jack have you spoken to Kuehhas about your result? If so, what does he think is the problem?
He can't. Last time I spoke with him he offered me an implant. He was all on the things we solved through surgery but he always got around my precise question: why I got so impotent?
I have been repeating myself this question and despite the tests I did no one Has been able to tell me why. What baffles me is the severity of it as I could expect some but since the surgery I have never been able to ejaculated erected. Either on meds or not.
I suppose Franklin's response is not too surprising. He is quite the talker. It sounds like he tries to talk his way around your problem because he doesn't know the answer. Or he prefers not to discuss it.
These cases regarding Kuehhas illustrate an important point. The likelihood of satisfaction with a surgical result is strongly dependent on the choice of a surgeon. Hawk has emphasized this several times in his threads. Clearly some doctors have a higher percentage of successful results than others. I think Franklin is a better salesman than he is a surgeon.
I corresponded with another member who has had two surgeries from Kuehhas. Both were failures. Wish I had that correspondence prior to proceeding with surgery.
May I get in contact with him as well?
Unfortunately he was "the surgeon" when I stepped into the forum. I knew he made more than 250 surgery per year which it was fundamental in the making choice process. So now we know he is not as good as we thought and all our attention is pointed at Eid, Gealman, Christine, Kramer. Well, its just about 4 surgeons for a problem which hits millions of people in my country alone. It's pretty clear there is something going wrong.
Jack - I'll send you a PM. I too remember the time when this forum had multiple glowing reviews of Kuehhas' surgical results. Those seem to have faded off.
Overall, this forum is a highly valuable resource but all members should conduct their own thorough due diligence when considering/selecting a surgeon. Positive reviews here are helpful but not sufficient information.