title: Interventional treatment of traumatic priapism.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe the effectiveness of transarterial embolization of traumatic priapism.
  
  
  METHODS
  Six patients ranging in age from 6 to 37 years with traumatic high-flow priapism underwent superselective embolization with gelatin sponges (n=3) or minicoils (n=3). Embolization was repeated up to 3 times.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Embolization was successful in all cases. In 2 patients, repeated embolization led to a flow reduction in the fistula, which spontaneously occluded a few days later. All patients experienced normal erections after intervention, and no side effects were observed.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Transarterial superselective embolization is an effective and well-tolerated therapy in patients with traumatic priapism.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of Ulm, Germany. johannes.goerich@medizin.uni-ulm.de
authors.forename: Johannes
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Görich
authors.forename: Cengiz
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ermis
authors.forename: Stefan C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Krämer
authors.forename: Thorsten
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fleiter
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wisianowsky
authors.forename: Steffen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Basche
authors.forename: Hans-Werner
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Gottfried
authors.forename: Bjoern G
authors.initials: BG
authors.lastname: Volkmer
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011317:Priapism / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D011859:Radiography; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*