title: [Penile incarceration by a steel ring].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report a new case of penile incarceration by a metallic object.
  
  
  METHODS
  28-year-old male presenting to the emergency room with a ring at the medial part of the penis that he was unable to remove. The ring was placed 16 hours before. Such incarcerating object was causing important oedema, a small plate of necrosis, and hypoesthesia of the glans penis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  After many unsuccessful attempts the penis was finally released using a strong cutting tool. The wound was cleaned with removal of devitalized tissue and sutured. Twenty-four hours later the penis looked almost normal, although patient complained of slight hypoesthesia at the glans penis.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Incarceration of the penis by a metallic object is an unusual clinical situation causing a vascular emergency and an incredible therapeutic challenge to remove the constructive object.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Urologia, Complejo Hospitalario y Universitario de Albacete, Albacete, España. donajiu@ono.com
authors.forename: María José
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Donate Moreno
authors.forename: José Miguel
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Giménez Bachs
authors.forename: José Mará
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Pastor Guzmán
authors.forename: Juan Gabriel
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Lorenzo Romero
authors.forename: Antonio Santiago
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Salinas Sánchez
authors.forename: Julio Antonio
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Virseda Rodríguez
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004487:Edema / Q000209:etiology*; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010409:Penile Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D010413:Penis / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D013193:Stainless Steel; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D013193:Stainless Steel
vernacular_title: Incarceración de pene por anillo de acero.