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

Prague Med Rep. 2023;124(3):301-307. doi: 10.14712/23362936.2023.24.

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.

Keywords: Al-Ghorab procedure; Priapism; Shunt surgery; Wound infection.

Publication types

  • Review
  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Humans
  • Male
  • Priapism*
  • Surgical Wound*