From methylene blue (methylthionine chloride) to Al-Ghorab procedure: The therapy of priapism (our experience)

Archivio Italiano di Urologia e Andrologia

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 242-244

  Passavanti, Giandomenico ^a   Bragaglia, Alessandro ^b   Paolini, Riccardo ^a  

^a MISERICORDIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Guanylate cyclase; Methylen blue; Priapism

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BICARBONATE; ETAFEDRINE; HEPARIN; METHYLENE BLUE; PAPAVERINE; PROSTAGLANDIN E1;

ADULT; AL GHORAB PROCEDURE; ARTICLE; CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; MALE; OXYGEN TENSION; PATHOGENESIS; PENIS ERECTION; PH; PRIAPISM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ENZYME INHIBITORS; EPINEPHRINE; ETILEFRINE; HUMANS; IRRIGATION; MALE; METHYLENE BLUE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIAPISM; PROSTATECTOMY; SODIUM BICARBONATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS;

EID: 76149122196     PISSN: 11243562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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