The penile tourniquet

The penile tourniquet.

Tourniquets are commonly used in penile surgery to achieve a bloodless operating field or produce artificial erections intraoperatively. Several techniques have been described, but there is a paucity of data and a lack of guidelines to direct their safe use. In penile surgery, it is the local rather than systemic effects of tourniquet use that are the main concern. Tourniquet time should be kep...

Hair Coil Penile Tourniquet Syndrome in an Unusual Age

Penile tourniquet syndrome (PTS), a rare urologic emergency, may lead to undesirable results including necrosis and amputation of penis, if not diagnosed and treated appropriately. Sometimes these injuries may be accepted as a forensic case. Miscellaneous objects used for strangulation can be metallic or nonmetallic. Of all ages, the most vulnerable period is infancy. Telogen effluvium is the m...

Penile tourniquet injury due to a coil of hair.

Penile strangulation caused by a coil of hair frequently is an unrecognized clinical entity with severe potential complications, such as urethrocutaneous fistulas, necrosis of the glans and partial or complete amputation of the glans. We report on a 7-year-old boy with a tourniquet injury to the penis secondary to a strand of hair.

Penile strangulation caused by tourniquet injury - an experience of seven cases.

The relationship between the localization and etiology in children’s penile tourniquet syndrome: A case report and literature review

From the Department of Urology and Pediatric Surgery. Bozok University, Faculty of Medicine, Yozgat, Turkey Abant Izzet Baysal University, Faculty of Medicine, Bolu, Turkey Corresponding Author: Kursad Zengin, M.D., Assist Prof. Bozok University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Urology, Yozgat, Turkey. E-mail: [email protected] Phone: + 90 505 474 24 70 Accepted for publication 18 April...