Penile constriction devices: Case report, review of the literature, and recommendations for extrication

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1747-1757

  Silberstein, Jonathan ^a   Grabowski, Julia ^a   Lakin, Charles ^a,b   Goldstein, Irwin ^c  

^a UCSD MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c ALVARADO HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Penile constriction devices; Penile incarceration; Penile strangulation

Indexed keywords

METAL;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CASE STUDY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEVICE REMOVAL; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EROTISM; FOREIGN BODY; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDLINE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PENIS INJURY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; PUBLISHING; REVIEW; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 47949101868     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2008.00848.x     Document Type: Article

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