A successful microsurgical approach to treating penile amputation following genital self mutilation

We present the case of a 33-year-old male who presented to the Emergency Department having amputated his penis as a result of auditory hallucinations triggered by cannabis use. A successful microsurgical technique involving anastomosing the individual structures of the penile shaft enabled a success...

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Autores principales: Caygill, Phillippa L, Floyd Jr, Michael S, New, Francesca J, Davies, Melissa C
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2018
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6180615/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30323918
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjy271
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author Caygill, Phillippa L
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description We present the case of a 33-year-old male who presented to the Emergency Department having amputated his penis as a result of auditory hallucinations triggered by cannabis use. A successful microsurgical technique involving anastomosing the individual structures of the penile shaft enabled a successful cosmetic and functional outcome including restoration of erectile function.
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spelling pubmed-61806152018-10-15 A successful microsurgical approach to treating penile amputation following genital self mutilation Caygill, Phillippa L Floyd Jr, Michael S New, Francesca J Davies, Melissa C J Surg Case Rep Case Report We present the case of a 33-year-old male who presented to the Emergency Department having amputated his penis as a result of auditory hallucinations triggered by cannabis use. A successful microsurgical technique involving anastomosing the individual structures of the penile shaft enabled a successful cosmetic and functional outcome including restoration of erectile function. Oxford University Press 2018-10-11 /pmc/articles/PMC6180615/ /pubmed/30323918 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjy271 Text en Published by Oxford University Press and JSCR Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved. © The Author(s) 2018. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com
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title_full_unstemmed A successful microsurgical approach to treating penile amputation following genital self mutilation
title_short A successful microsurgical approach to treating penile amputation following genital self mutilation
title_sort successful microsurgical approach to treating penile amputation following genital self mutilation
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6180615/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjy271
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