Introduction: Penile fracture is a urologic emergency and is defined as the rupture of the tunica albuginea of the cavernous body in erection. Aim: Our study aims to evaluate patients with penile fracture and to identify the factors that may influence the sexual function after surgical repair. Methods: A total of 138 patients who were diagnosed with penile fracture between January, 1999 and December, 2018 were reviewed. Clinical features, perioperative assessment, time from injury to surgery, tunica defect properties, and presence of urethral injury were assessed. Main Outcome Measures: Sexual function was evaluated by three parameters six months after surgical repair: International Index of Erectile Function-5 (IIEF-5) questionnaire, penile curvature and the presence of a painful intercourse. All factors that could potentially influence these parameters were analyzed. Results: The mean age was 31.2 years (19-55). Presentation delay ranged from 1 to 5 days (mean = 16.8 hours) while surgery delay was 14.3 hours ().The most common cause of penile fracture in our patients was forcefully bending of the erect penis to achieve detumescence in 62 cases (44.9%). On multivariate analysis, we found that the presentation delay and the fracture site located in the proximal shaft of the penis showed significant difference in the occurrence of postoperative ED (P = 0.03 and P = 0.015 respectively). Presentation delay, elective incision and tuncial leak located in the proximal shaft (P = 0.045; P = 0.018 and P = 0.022 respectively) were associated with higher penis curvature. Conclusion: Immediate surgical repair and circumferential degloving incision for tunical leaks located in the proximal shaft of the penis are recommended in order to decrease the incidence of ED after surgical repair of penile fractures.
Multilocular cystadenoma are benign lesions located most commonly between the rectum and the bladder. Their presence manifests as obstructive or/and irritative lower urinary tract symptoms or transit disorders. Computed tomography scan and magnetic resonance imaging may help to establish the diagnosis. Surgery is the established treatment standard, with a high risk of recurrence in case of incomplete excision of the lesions. Here we report a case of 59-year-old man presenting with an acute urinary retention due to a giant multilocular prostatic cystadenoma treated by complete excision. The diagnosis has never been suspected before surgery and has been confirmed histologically after complete excision.
Highlights
Spontaneous Urinary bladder rupture secondary to transitional cell carcinoma is a very rare entity.
Abdominal gangrene is a severe necrotizing infection which is usually an extension of Fournier gangrene.
Management of urinary bladder rupture with underlying transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder is not standardized.
Introduction and importance
Horseshoe kidney has unique anatomical features, such as a complex blood supply. We report a patient with renal tumor in a horseshoe kidney in close contact with the vena cava, who underwent open tumorectomy.
Case presentation
A 72-year-old woman was referred to our hospital with a 4-cm enhancing mid-pole mass in the right moiety of a horseshoe kidney. Open tumorectomy was performed with parenchymal clamping. The warm ischemia time was 18 min. Pathologic examination confirmed a diagnosis of pT1a clear cell renal cell carcinoma with negative surgical margins. At 3 months postoperatively, computed tomography showed no local recurrence or metastasis and renal function was intact.
Clinical discussion
Horseshoe kidney is a rare congenital abnormality. Renal cell carcinoma is the most frequent tumor in adults having this anomaly and treatment in localised tumors if usually tumorectomy. Surgery may be challenging in some cases because of its difficulty.
Conclusion
Open surgery remains the standard treatment for horseshoe kidney tumors because of anatomic complexity and especially in cases where the tumor is difficult to extirpate.
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