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Priapism: Etiology and Management
Author(s) -
Mulhall John P.,
Honig Stanton C.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
academic emergency medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.221
H-Index - 124
eISSN - 1553-2712
pISSN - 1069-6563
DOI - 10.1111/j.1553-2712.1996.tb03520.x
Subject(s) - priapism , medicine , erectile function , etiology , intensive care medicine , conservative management , erectile dysfunction , surgery
SUMMARY Priapism is a urologic emergency. All patients should receive prompt urologic consultation. Management is based on prompt recognition, differentiation between low‐ and high‐flow priapism, reversal of any potential precipitating factors, and the use of corporal aspirationhigation combined with intracavernosal α‐agonist injection therapy. It cannot be overemphasized that severely prolonged erections are associated with the development of irreversible problems with erectile function and, therefore, immediate and aggressive management is mandatory.