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A CASE OF ARTERIAL PRIAPISM TREATED BY EMBOLIZATION
Author(s) -
Kawachi Yoshio,
Watanabe Ryota,
Now Kensho,
Murata Masami,
Sumi Yukiharu
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
international journal of urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.172
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1442-2042
pISSN - 0919-8172
DOI - 10.1111/j.1442-2042.1994.tb00066.x
Subject(s) - medicine , priapism , embolization , arterial embolization , surgery , penis
An 18‐year‐old unmarried man, who had shown arterial priapism caused by mild perineal trauma sustained during skate‐boarding, has been successfully treated by autologous clot embolization at the common penile artery. He was able to have a normal erection and ejaculate 5 d after embolization.