Prague Med. Rep. 2023, 124, 301-307

https://doi.org/10.14712/23362936.2023.24

Successful Treatment of Detachment of the Incision after Al-Ghorab Procedure: A Case Report and Review of Literature

Rifat Burak Ergül1, Mehmet Akif Ramazanoğlu2, Murat Sambel2, Sinan Akşit2, Murat Dursun1, Ateş Kadıoğlu1,2

1Department of Urology, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
2Department of Urology, Section of Andrology, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey

Received December 31, 2022
Accepted August 17, 2023

Al-Ghorab procedure is known as open distal shunt for the treatment of ischemic priapism. In the literature, no information in terms of complications is available in three of fourteen studies. In the remaining eleven studies, complications occurred in five studies only. Here we present a case report describing successful treatment of detachment of the incision after Al-Ghorab procedure.

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