✦ LIBER ✦
Partial necrosis of an amputated penis following replantation in a heavy smoker: A case report
✍ Scribed by Aycan Kayikcioglu; Gürhan Özcan
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1998
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 255 KB
- Volume
- 18
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0738-1085
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✦ Synopsis
A case of penile amputation in a heavy smoker who was treated by microsurgical replantation is presented. The penis was cut by a kitchen knife and the ischaemia time until revascularisation was 3 hours. Following successful microneurovascular repair the penis survived. However, a 3 cm portion of the ventral segment, including the corresponding urethral segment, sloughed. The adverse effects of nicotine on vascular anastomotic network in heavy smokers are well known and may be the cause of the partial necrosis in this case.