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Dartos Fascia Interposition Flap for Penetrating Cavernosal and Urethral Trauma

We present an unusual case of a single gunshot to the genitalia in which the bullet trajectory injured the urethra, corpus cavernosum, and both testicles. All injuries were successfully repaired during initial exploration. Our report serves as a reminder to clinicians to have a high index of suspici...

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Autores principales: Yang, Hailiu, Brown, Robert D., Chovanes, John, Seftel, Allen D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5137170/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27920989
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eucr.2016.11.015
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author Yang, Hailiu
Brown, Robert D.
Chovanes, John
Seftel, Allen D.
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description We present an unusual case of a single gunshot to the genitalia in which the bullet trajectory injured the urethra, corpus cavernosum, and both testicles. All injuries were successfully repaired during initial exploration. Our report serves as a reminder to clinicians to have a high index of suspicion in this circumstance and consider immediate exploration of all the injured areas. We also demonstrate the use of a dartos fascia interposition flap to cover and separate the concomitant urethral and corporal sutures lines. Our dartos flap bolstered the urethral and cavernosal repairs and helped prevent postoperative corporourethral fistula formation.
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spelling pubmed-51371702016-12-05 Dartos Fascia Interposition Flap for Penetrating Cavernosal and Urethral Trauma Yang, Hailiu Brown, Robert D. Chovanes, John Seftel, Allen D. Urol Case Rep Trauma and Reconstruction We present an unusual case of a single gunshot to the genitalia in which the bullet trajectory injured the urethra, corpus cavernosum, and both testicles. All injuries were successfully repaired during initial exploration. Our report serves as a reminder to clinicians to have a high index of suspicion in this circumstance and consider immediate exploration of all the injured areas. We also demonstrate the use of a dartos fascia interposition flap to cover and separate the concomitant urethral and corporal sutures lines. Our dartos flap bolstered the urethral and cavernosal repairs and helped prevent postoperative corporourethral fistula formation. Elsevier 2016-12-01 /pmc/articles/PMC5137170/ /pubmed/27920989 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eucr.2016.11.015 Text en © 2016 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Yang, Hailiu
Brown, Robert D.
Chovanes, John
Seftel, Allen D.
Dartos Fascia Interposition Flap for Penetrating Cavernosal and Urethral Trauma
title Dartos Fascia Interposition Flap for Penetrating Cavernosal and Urethral Trauma
title_full Dartos Fascia Interposition Flap for Penetrating Cavernosal and Urethral Trauma
title_fullStr Dartos Fascia Interposition Flap for Penetrating Cavernosal and Urethral Trauma
title_full_unstemmed Dartos Fascia Interposition Flap for Penetrating Cavernosal and Urethral Trauma
title_short Dartos Fascia Interposition Flap for Penetrating Cavernosal and Urethral Trauma
title_sort dartos fascia interposition flap for penetrating cavernosal and urethral trauma
topic Trauma and Reconstruction
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5137170/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27920989
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eucr.2016.11.015
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