Management of Penis Fracture: Clinical Cases Treated in Our Center and Comparison with Literature

Arch Esp Urol. 2023 Jul;76(5):363-368. doi: 10.56434/j.arch.esp.urol.20237605.43.

Abstract

Objective: To expose our clinical experience in the management of the penis fracture and make a literature review about this topic.

Methods: We present a case of a 49 years old man diagnosticated penis fracture. We expose the results of our clinical cases diagnosticated and treated from October 2018 to October 2020 and make a literature review.

Results: A 49 years old man that presented swallow and sensation of snap during a sexual intercourse. He was diagnosticated of penis fracture with the help of ultrasound and was performed an urgent reparation. The results of our serial of 4 cases were: The 75% (3) presented pain and sensation of snap during the sexual intercourse, 50% (2) detumescence, the 100% (4) ecchymosis and the 25% (1) present an actual lateral deviation. Anyone presents erectile dysfunction nowadays.

Conclusions: The penis fracture has a clinical diagnosis but the ultrasound could be useful. The early surgical repair has a good result with low tase of complications.

Keywords: erectile dysfunction; penis fracture; surgical repair; traumatism.

Publication types

  • Review
  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Coitus
  • Erectile Dysfunction*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Pain
  • Penis* / diagnostic imaging
  • Penis* / surgery
  • Rupture / etiology
  • Rupture / surgery