title: [Penile fracture: report of 4 cases].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To inform practitioners about this rare condition and to emphasize the importance of surgical treatment.
  
  
  METHODS
  Four patients were treated for penile fracture, by surgery in 3 cases and medically in 1 case. Surgery consisted of a longitudinal elective incision, followed by evacuation of the haematoma and suture of the tunica albuginea.
  
  
  RESULTS
  These patients were aged between 19 and 42 years; 3 were single and 1 was married. The mechanisms of fracture were coital injury in 2 cases and masturbation in 2 cases. In the 3 operated patients, all lesions were transverse sections of the tunica albuginea. A good functional result was obtained in operated patients, but could not be evaluated in the medically treated patient.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The best treatment for penile fracture is surgery after a clinical diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Service d'Urologie-Andrologie, CHU de Brazzaville, Congo. bouyalp@yahoo.fr
authors.forename: Prosper Alain
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Bouya
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010413:Penis / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D012421:Rupture