A penile prosthesis should ideally be implanted within three months of priapism onset to avoid significant fibrosis. — Whalespan
A penile prosthesis should ideally be implanted within three months of priapism onset to avoid significant fibrosis.
⚠ High risk
The evidence is convergent. Multiple independent sources reach the same conclusion, the underlying mechanism is well-characterized, and even the field's most cautious voices treat it as worth doing.
✓WELLSUPPORTED
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High-risk intervention — consult a physician before acting.Drug-drug interactions, dose-dependence, and screening contraindications apply.
“Is it an erection that lasts longer than four hours. And it is actually a surgical or, it's not a surgical, but it's actually an emergency. If you have an erection that lasts longer than four hours in the absence of sexual arousal, then it is important to get to an emergency room because at that point you can start developing decreased blood flow and ultimately changes to the actual tissues, scarring, fibrosis. So it's really important to actually go to the emergency room. Don't wait because you're embarrassed. Really get there and get treated.”
“you have three months if you want to help him three months to get a penal prosthesis in because if you try to get that in later on down the road I cannot tell you how much fibrosis and scarring is in that tissue”