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Learning from errors
CASE REPORT
Postoperative drug-induced priapism
  1. Bartholomeus J G A Corten1,2,
  2. Frits Aarts2,
  3. Ansgar S Harms3,
  4. Jeroen Vogelaar2
  1. 1Department of Surgery, Tweesteden Ziekenhuis, Tilburg, The Netherlands
  2. 2Department of Surgery, VieCuri Medisch Centrum, Venlo, The Netherlands
  3. 3Department of Anesthesiology, VieCuri Medisch Centrum, Venlo, The Netherlands
  1. Correspondence to Mr Bartholomeus JGA Corten, bartcorten{at}gmail.com

Summary

We presented a case of a postoperative patient with low-flow priapism, possibly initiated by propofol-based anaesthesia or epidural anaesthesia. The delay in diagnosing priapism resulted in emergency interventions with a partially successful effect and eventually permanent erectile dysfunction. Due to the delay in treatment, erectile dysfunction ensued and was manageable with medication; hence, the patient decided against a penile prosthesis.

  • anaesthesia
  • drug therapy related to surgery
  • drug interactions
  • colon cancer
  • urology

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https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2016-218060

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    Footnotes

    • Contributors BJGAC: writing of case report. FA: performing surgeon and writing. ASH: performing anesthetist and drug-related addition. JV: performing surgeon and revision writing.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Patient consent Obtained.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.