Successful Treatment of Detachment of the Incision after Al-Ghorab Procedure: A Case Report and Review of Literature

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Ergül R. B., Ramazanoğlu M. A., Sambel M., Akşit S., Dursun M., Kadıoğlu A.

Prague medical report, vol.124, no.3, pp.301-307, 2023 (Scopus) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 124 Issue: 3
  • Publication Date: 2023
  • Doi Number: 10.14712/23362936.2023.24
  • Journal Name: Prague medical report
  • Journal Indexes: Scopus, Directory of Open Access Journals
  • Page Numbers: pp.301-307
  • Keywords: Al-Ghorab procedure, Priapism, Shunt surgery, Wound infection
  • Open Archive Collection: AVESIS Open Access Collection
  • Istanbul University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Al-Ghorab procedure is known as open distal shunt for the treatment of ischemic priapism. In the literature, no information in terms of complications is available in three of fourteen studies. In the remaining eleven studies, complications occurred in five studies only. Here we present a case report describing successful treatment of detachment of the incision after Al-Ghorab procedure.