Fracture Penis: An Analysis of 26 Cases

Fracture of the penis: an atypical presentation

BACKGROUND Fracture of the penis is an uncommon injury presenting to the emergency department (ED). Personal embarrassment and social scenarios associated with this condition may result in underreporting. Patients often delay seeking medical attention, and even when they do, as in our case report, they may withhold the condition for a significant time. ED physicians need to be aware of the soci...

[Fracture of the penis].

Rupture of the cavernous bodies is a serious penile trauma which may result in severe long-term consequences. Standard suturing of the cavernous body is accompanied with posttraumatic complications: erectile dysfunction and distortion of the penis. The results of examination and treatment of 38 patients with rupture of the tunica albuginea of the penile cavernous bodies are presented. The techn...

an infinite planar array of rectangular microstrip patch antenna analysis

the methods which are used to analyze microstrip antennas, are divited into three categories: empirical methods, semi-empirical methods and full-wave analysis. empirical and semi-empirical methods are generally based on some fundamental simplifying assumptions about quality of surface current distribution and substrate thickness. thses simplificatioms cause low accuracy in field evaluation. ful...

Fracture of the penis with urethral rupture.

We report a case of fracture of the penis. Emergency operation revealed total rupture of the urethra. The ruptures of the tunica albuginea as well as the urethra were sutured, and convalescence was uneventful. A slight urethral stricture without practical significance was demonstrated during followup. In cases of fracture of the penis with suspected urethral damage we advise urethrography follo...

Recurrent ipsilateral fracture of the penis.