Penile Fracture with Associated Urethral Rupture

Penile fracture of the erect penis is an uncommon but emergent urological trauma. Potential outcomes include erectile dysfunction, penile curvature, and urethral injury. Treatment is emergent surgical repair. We present the case of a 42-year-old man with a penile fracture complicated by a urethral r...

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Autores principales: Boncher, Nicholas A., Vricella, Gino J., Jankowski, Jason T., Ponsky, Lee E., Cherullo, Edward E.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2010
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2975082/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21076536
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/791948
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author Boncher, Nicholas A.
Vricella, Gino J.
Jankowski, Jason T.
Ponsky, Lee E.
Cherullo, Edward E.
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Vricella, Gino J.
Jankowski, Jason T.
Ponsky, Lee E.
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description Penile fracture of the erect penis is an uncommon but emergent urological trauma. Potential outcomes include erectile dysfunction, penile curvature, and urethral injury. Treatment is emergent surgical repair. We present the case of a 42-year-old man with a penile fracture complicated by a urethral rupture and subsequent repair. A discussion of the key aspects of this condition is presented.
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spelling pubmed-29750822010-11-12 Penile Fracture with Associated Urethral Rupture Boncher, Nicholas A. Vricella, Gino J. Jankowski, Jason T. Ponsky, Lee E. Cherullo, Edward E. Case Rep Med Case Report Penile fracture of the erect penis is an uncommon but emergent urological trauma. Potential outcomes include erectile dysfunction, penile curvature, and urethral injury. Treatment is emergent surgical repair. We present the case of a 42-year-old man with a penile fracture complicated by a urethral rupture and subsequent repair. A discussion of the key aspects of this condition is presented. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2010 2010-11-07 /pmc/articles/PMC2975082/ /pubmed/21076536 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/791948 Text en Copyright © 2010 Nicholas A. Boncher et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Boncher, Nicholas A.
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Jankowski, Jason T.
Ponsky, Lee E.
Cherullo, Edward E.
Penile Fracture with Associated Urethral Rupture
title Penile Fracture with Associated Urethral Rupture
title_full Penile Fracture with Associated Urethral Rupture
title_fullStr Penile Fracture with Associated Urethral Rupture
title_full_unstemmed Penile Fracture with Associated Urethral Rupture
title_short Penile Fracture with Associated Urethral Rupture
title_sort penile fracture with associated urethral rupture
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2975082/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21076536
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/791948
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