title: Etiological aspects and interest of early surgical management of priapism.
abstract: 12 patients have been treated for priapism between March 1973 and September 1977. Etiologic conditions have been found 9 times, leaving only 3 idiopathic priapisms. Treatment of choice consisted of 8 saphenocavernous shunts, achieving detumescence in 7 cases and preserving sexual potency in 5. The precocity of operation seems of no interest to priapism itself but is mandatory to prevent secondary impotence.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010413:Penis / Q000601:surgery; D011317:Priapism / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D012501:Saphenous Vein / Q000601:surgery; D013997:Time Factors