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Case Report: Double penile fracture

Penile fracture is an underreported surgical emergency. It usually occurs as a single rupture of the tunica albuginea in one of two corpora cavernosa; a rupture of both masses is an uncommon finding. We report a case of a young male who presented to the emergency department two hours after sustainin...

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Autores principales: Mercado-Olivares, Felipe, Grandez-Urbina, J. Antonio, Farfan-Daza, Giomar, Pacheco-Sauñe, Juan, Nuñez-Bragayrac, Luciano
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: F1000 Research Limited 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6733384/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31543948
http://dx.doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.16452.2
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author Mercado-Olivares, Felipe
Grandez-Urbina, J. Antonio
Farfan-Daza, Giomar
Pacheco-Sauñe, Juan
Nuñez-Bragayrac, Luciano
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description Penile fracture is an underreported surgical emergency. It usually occurs as a single rupture of the tunica albuginea in one of two corpora cavernosa; a rupture of both masses is an uncommon finding. We report a case of a young male who presented to the emergency department two hours after sustaining penile trauma. Prompt surgical exploration was performed four hours post-injury. He was found to have one fracture on each corpora cavernosa, without urethral injury, which were repaired successfully. The patient had a favorable recovery and was discharged on the third postoperative day without complications. The aim of this report is to highlight the importance of complete degloving of the penile shaft for a meticulous search during surgery to avoid missed injuries. This approach will ensure a successful outcome avoiding physical and psychological disabilities.
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spelling pubmed-67333842019-09-19 Case Report: Double penile fracture Mercado-Olivares, Felipe Grandez-Urbina, J. Antonio Farfan-Daza, Giomar Pacheco-Sauñe, Juan Nuñez-Bragayrac, Luciano F1000Res Case Report Penile fracture is an underreported surgical emergency. It usually occurs as a single rupture of the tunica albuginea in one of two corpora cavernosa; a rupture of both masses is an uncommon finding. We report a case of a young male who presented to the emergency department two hours after sustaining penile trauma. Prompt surgical exploration was performed four hours post-injury. He was found to have one fracture on each corpora cavernosa, without urethral injury, which were repaired successfully. The patient had a favorable recovery and was discharged on the third postoperative day without complications. The aim of this report is to highlight the importance of complete degloving of the penile shaft for a meticulous search during surgery to avoid missed injuries. This approach will ensure a successful outcome avoiding physical and psychological disabilities. F1000 Research Limited 2019-08-21 /pmc/articles/PMC6733384/ /pubmed/31543948 http://dx.doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.16452.2 Text en Copyright: © 2019 Mercado-Olivares F et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Licence, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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