Salvage Procedure in Case of Urethrocavernous Fistula after Revision Surgery for Malfunctioning Three-Piece Penile Prosthesis

Joint Authors

Caraceni, Enrico
Marronaro, Angelo
Leone, Luca

Source

Case Reports in Urology

Issue

Vol. 2016, Issue 2016 (31 Dec. 2016), pp.1-4, 4 p.

Publisher

Hindawi Publishing Corporation

Publication Date

2016-01-27

Country of Publication

Egypt

No. of Pages

4

Main Subjects

Medicine

Abstract EN

Urethrocavernous fistula is a rare complication of penile prosthesis.

Literature lacks any materials regarding this complication’s treatment.

We report our experience with a 66-year-old man who developed urethrocavernous fistula after penile prosthesis implant.

Our technique involves the careful closure of urethral and corpus cavernosum defects with application of TachoSil ® above the sutures.

After the salvage procedure, no recurrence of fistula occurred and patient was able to have sexual intercourse.

We believe that our technique may be successfully used in case of urethrocavernous fistula after penile prosthesis implant.

American Psychological Association (APA)

Caraceni, Enrico& Marronaro, Angelo& Leone, Luca. 2016. Salvage Procedure in Case of Urethrocavernous Fistula after Revision Surgery for Malfunctioning Three-Piece Penile Prosthesis. Case Reports in Urology،Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1102966

Modern Language Association (MLA)

Caraceni, Enrico…[et al.]. Salvage Procedure in Case of Urethrocavernous Fistula after Revision Surgery for Malfunctioning Three-Piece Penile Prosthesis. Case Reports in Urology No. 2016 (2016), pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1102966

American Medical Association (AMA)

Caraceni, Enrico& Marronaro, Angelo& Leone, Luca. Salvage Procedure in Case of Urethrocavernous Fistula after Revision Surgery for Malfunctioning Three-Piece Penile Prosthesis. Case Reports in Urology. 2016. Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1102966

Data Type

Journal Articles

Language

English

Notes

Includes bibliographical references

Record ID

BIM-1102966