Intracorporeal needle breakage: an unusual complication of papaverine injection therapy for impotence.
case_report · Level V
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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.
Medical subject headings
- Foreign Bodies
- Injections
- Needles
- Papaverine
- Penis