GLANS HYPEREMIA AFTER PENILE REVASCULARIZATION - A LATE COMPLICATION FOLLOWING ALPHA-1-RECEPTOR BLOCKADE FOR BENIGN PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA

Authors
HAUPT G PANNEK J PASTOR J SCHULZE H SENGE T
Citation
G. Haupt et al., GLANS HYPEREMIA AFTER PENILE REVASCULARIZATION - A LATE COMPLICATION FOLLOWING ALPHA-1-RECEPTOR BLOCKADE FOR BENIGN PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA, Urologia internationalis, 58(1), 1997, pp. 61-63
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Urology & Nephrology
Journal title
Urologia internationalis → ACNP
ISSN journal
00421138
Volume
58
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Pages
61 - 63
Database
ISI
SICI code
0042-1138(1997)58:1<61:GHAPR->2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
Surgical revascularization of the penile vessels is one treatment choi ce for patients with vasculogenic impotence. Hyperemia of the glans is a rare but severe complication which usually occurs early. We report a patient who developed this complication more than 3.5 years after su rgery following onset of medical treatment of benign prostatic hyperpl asia with a vasodilating alpha(1)-receptor blocker.