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Penile amputation

Penile amputation is due to self-mutilation, assaults and accidents. About 200 cases have been reported in the literature. In penile amputation both the corpora cavernosa and corpus spongiosum with the urethra are involved (Aboseif et al. 1993), and the neurovascular dorsal bundle is dissected. Diagnosis is straightforward because the distal portion of the penile shaft... [Pg.90]

Treatment includes antibiotics, bilateral corporot-omy, debridement and placement of intracorporeal irrigation and suction drains. Acute purulent cavernositis often fails to respond to conservative therapy and requires penile amputation. In case of recovery, severe fibrotic cavernosal changes usually develop producing irreversible erectile dysfunction. [Pg.148]

Crook J, Grimard L, Tsihlias J et al (2002) Interstitial brachy-therapy for penile cancer an alternative to amputation. J Urol 167 506-511... [Pg.112]

Lopes A, Bezerra AL, Pinto CA et al (2002) p53 as a new prognostic factor for lymph node metastasis in penile carcinoma analysis of 82 patients treated with amputation and bilateral lymphadenectomy. J Urol 168 81-86... [Pg.113]

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