Priapism following a lumbar sympathetic nerve block
Autor: | Joseph R. Holtman, Michael Sniderman, Meda Raghavendra |
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Rok vydání: | 2011 |
Předmět: |
Adult
Male medicine.medical_specialty Side effect Priapism Iatrogenic Disease Sympathetic nerve urologic and male genital diseases Lumbar medicine Humans University medical business.industry Chronic pain Lumbosacral Region General Medicine medicine.disease Surgery Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine medicine.anatomical_structure Anesthesia Neurology (clinical) Complication business Penis Autonomic Nerve Block |
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. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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