title: [Distal cavernosal-glan shunt for ischemic priapism: a long-term follow-up study].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the management of ischemic priapism (IP) by analyzing the clinical and follow-up data of IP patients.
  
  
  METHODS
  We retrospectively reviewed the clinical data of 8 IP patients treated in our hospital from January 2004 to June 2010 and analyzed the results of follow-ups by telephone calls and clinic visits.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The average age of the patients was 34.5 (23 -41) years and the mean duration of priapism was 84.5 (36 -132) hours. All the patients had received previous detumescence treatment but failed before referred to our hospital. Irrigation/aspiration was performed at first, which achieved complete detumescence in 1 case and partial or transitional detumescence in the other 7. Subsequently, bilateral Al-Ghorab shunt was tried and succeeded in 2 cases but failed in 5. Finally, T-shunt was conducted, which achieved complete resumption in all the remaining 5 cases. Follow-up data were available in 5 of the cases, which were followed up for 12 -66 (mean 54) months. Of the 5 cases, moderate ED occurred in 2, and complete ED in 3. The latter 3 had suffered a longer duration of IP than the former 2.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  If detumescence failes, early intervention by T-shunt can improve the success rate of IP treatment.
authors: Department of Urology, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing 100044, China. guoxizhang@126.com
authors: Guo-Xi
authors: GX
authors: Zhang
authors: Department of Urology, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing 100044, China.
authors: Wen-Jun
authors: WJ
authors: Bai
authors: Department of Urology, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing 100044, China.
authors: Qing
authors: Q
authors: Li
authors: Department of Urology, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing 100044, China.
authors: Xiao-Feng
authors: XF
authors: Wang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010413:Penis / Q000503:physiopathology; D011317:Priapism / Q000628:therapy*; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D055815:Young Adult