Shunt surgery is not universally successful toward detumescence, may lead to erectile dysfunction, and can make eventual penile prosthesis insertion difficult.
Penile prosthesis insertion during a priapistic episode alleviates ischemic pain, allows the patient to resume sexual function sooner, and prevents corporal scarring and shortening that makes subsequent prosthesis implantation difficult.
Written by:
Tausch TJ, Mauck R, Zhao LC, Morey AF. Are you the author?
Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma, WA 98431, USA.
Reference: Urol Clin North Am. 2013 Aug;40(3):421-5.
doi: 10.1016/j.ucl.2013.04.010
PubMed Abstract
PMID: 23905940
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