Selective arterial embolization for post-traumatic high flow priapism

Logarakis, N.F.; Simons, M.E.; Hassouna, M.

Canadian Journal of Urology 7(3): 1051-1054

2000


ISSN/ISBN: 1195-9479
PMID: 11118281
Document Number: 521634
We report on a 23 year old patient with high flow priapism following blunt perineal trauma in which arterial-cavernosal fistula was missed by penile Doppler ultrasonography but was successfully localized by arteriography and embolized using Gelfoam pledgets. Detumescence was complete in 2 days and sexual function returned to the premorbid state after 4 weeks. The diagnosis, pathophysiology, and treatment of high flow priapism and review of the literature are discussed.

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