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Immediate penile prosthesis for acute ischemic priapism

Nature Reviews Urology volume 7, pages 187–188 (2010)Cite this article

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Ischemic priapism can result in erectile dysfunction if unresponsive to treatment. A recent study advocates immediate penile prosthesis implantation in patients with treatment-refractory ischemic priapism to avoid loss of penile length and to facilitate insertion of the prosthesis. Such a protocol may well become the standard of care in future.

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  1. Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, 44195, OH, USA

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Montague, D. Immediate penile prosthesis for acute ischemic priapism. Nat Rev Urol 7, 187–188 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrurol.2010.43

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