Penile injection with silicone: Case report and review of the literature

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2231-2237

  Silberstein, Jonathan ^a   Downs, Tracy ^a   Goldstein, Irwin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Alvarado Hospital Sexual Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Liquid injectable silicone; Penile augmentation; Silicone

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; SILICONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CIRCUMCISION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECCHYMOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; EMBOLISM; FOREIGN BODY; GRANULOMA; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INJECTION SITE PAIN; LITERATURE; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM SURGERY; MEDLINE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PENILE AUGMENTATION; PENILE SWELLING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PIGMENT DISORDER; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCROTAL SWELLING; SOFT TISSUE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 51349128317     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2008.00911.x     Document Type: Article

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