Urol. praxi. 2024;25(4):225-228 | DOI: 10.36290/uro.2024.077

Endovascular superselective embolization in the therapy of traumatic high-flow priapism

MUDr. Quynh Anh Demjanenko1, MUDr. Jan Porod2, MUDr. Samuel Heller, Ph.D.2, MUDr. Pavel Hanek1, MUDr. Klára Havlová1
Urologické oddělení, Oblastní nemocnice Příbram
Angiocentrum Příbram, Angio, a. s.

Authors present a case report of patient with post-traumatic high-flow (arterial) priapism and the subsequent therapeutic approach consisting of endovascular superselective embolization of bilateral pseudoaneurysm of cavernosal bodies, which lead to preservation of erection function in almost full extent.

Keywords: priapism, high-flow priapism, embolization, angiography, AV shunt, interventional radiology, erectile dysfunction.

Accepted: November 11, 2024; Published: November 25, 2024  Show citation

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Demjanenko QA, Porod J, Heller S, Hanek P, Havlová K. Endovascular superselective embolization in the therapy of traumatic high-flow priapism. Urol. praxi. 2024;25(4):225-228. doi: 10.36290/uro.2024.077.
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