Case Report
International Journal of Impotence Research (2006) 18, 215–217. doi:10.1038/sj.ijir.3901398; published online 18 August 2005
High-flow priapism as a complication of a veno-occlusive priapism: two case reports
J Rodríguez1, J M Cuadrado1, A Frances1 and E Franco1
1Department of Urology, Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge, Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
Correspondence: Dr J Rodríguez, Department of Urology, Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge, San Bruno 31, 3°-2a, Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona 08911, Spain. E-mail: jrtol@wanadoo.es
Received 17 May 2005; Revised 5 July 2005; Accepted 19 August 2005; Published online 18 August 2005.
Abstract
The presentation of two cases of veno-occlusive priapism, in patients of 36 and 58 years, in whom the different medical and surgical techniques employed, failed. The suspicion that high-flow priapism had been provoked by said surgical intervention was confirmed by bilateral arteriographs of the pudendal artery. The treatment, selective embolisation of the affected cavernosal artery with reabsorbable material, led to a rapid return of penile detumescence.
Keywords:
priapism, selective embolisation
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