Priapism following a lumbar sympathetic nerve block

Autor: Joseph R. Holtman, Michael Sniderman, Meda Raghavendra
Rok vydání: 2011
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Zdroj: Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.). 12(7)
ISSN: 1526-4637
Popis: Objective. To understand an unusual complication of a common procedure. Design. This article chronicles the side effect of a lumbar sympathetic nerve block (LSNB). Setting. Loyola University Medical Center Outpatient Chronic Pain Clinic. Patients. One. Results. Our patient had several hours of priapism following a LSNB. Conclusions. A bilateral lumbar sympathetic nerve block can lead to unopposed parasympathetic penile stimulation and cause priapism.
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