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  • Title: [Management of priapism in patients with sickle-cell anaemia].
    Author: Roupret M, Beley S, Traxer O, Kirsch-Noir F, Jouannet P, Jardin A, Thiounn N.
    Journal: Prog Urol; 2005 Jun; 15(3):392-6; discussion 396-7. PubMed ID: 16097141.
    Abstract:
    Sickle-cell anaemia is an autosomal recessive hereditary haemoglobinopathy. Patients with sickle-cell anaemia present a high risk of priapism. At least 40% of sickle-cell patients report episodes of priapism. Priapism in patients with sickle-cell tend to start during childhood and rapidly threaten the erectile prognosis. Apart from specific treatment of sickle-cell anaemia, the urologist must be able to recognize forms of intermittent priapism and promote medical prevention. The urologist must also be able to distinguish low-flow priapism from the rarer high-flow priapism, as the treatments differ. Treatment strategies are increasingly well defined, with an increasingly limited place for surgery.
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