title: [Incidence of priapism at the Marqués de Valdecilla University Hospital in Santander].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Our experience in the management of priapism, its etiology, blood gas changes, treatment and outcome are presented.
  
  
  METHODS
  The records of patients that had been treated at the Urology services of our hospital over the last 8 years were reviewed. During this period, patients with erectile dysfunction were treated according to a protocol.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There were 9 episodes of priapism in 8 patients; all cases were low flow and the patients were aged 37-71 years. The duration of the prolonged erection ranged from 4 to 72 hours. Of these 9 cases, the etiology was intracavernosal PGE in 7, after trazodone administration in one case, and unknown in one case. Intracavernosal metoxamine was administered in all cases with excellent results, except one case that required a saphenous-cavernosal shunt and another case that was initially treated with adrenalin also with good results.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Since intracavernosal agents have been utilized in the treatment of erectile dysfunction, priapism has become a more frequent urological emergency. Although a lower incidence has been reported for PGE, the dose should be well adjusted to avoid a higher incidence.
authors: Servicio de Urología, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Cantabria Santander, España. jose.portillo@teleline.es
authors: J A
authors: JA
authors: Portillo Martín
authors: M A
authors: MA
authors: Correas Gómez
authors: J L
authors: JL
authors: Gutiérrez Baños
authors: B
authors: B
authors: Martín García
authors: R
authors: R
authors: Hernández Rodríguez
authors: J I
authors: JI
authors: del Valle Schaan
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Roca Edreira
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Rado Velázquez
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Hernández Castrillo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011317:Priapism / Q000453:epidemiology*; D013030:Spain