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Intracorporeal needle breakage: an unusual complication of papaverine injection therapy for impotence. J Urol 1992 Jan;147(1):148-50

Date

01/01/1992

Pubmed ID

1729511

DOI

10.1016/s0022-5347(17)37167-7

Scopus ID

2-s2.0-0026527087 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site)   14 Citations

Abstract

We report an unusual complication of papaverine injection therapy for impotence. After 2.5 years of uneventful injections excessive syringe manipulation following needle insertion resulted in needle breakage and a retained intracavernous needle fragment requiring surgical extraction. A synopsis of the presentation, diagnosis and therapy is presented.

Author List

Beer SJ, See WA

MESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold

Equipment Failure
Erectile Dysfunction
Foreign Bodies
Humans
Injections
Male
Middle Aged
Needles
Papaverine
Penis
Radiography