Traumatic penile amputation in a 15‐year‐old boy presenting late in northwestern Nigeria
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Traumatic penile amputation is a serious urological emergency, although rare whenever it happens, there is a need to refer the patient early to urologist within 24 h, with the stump wrapped in saline; unfortunately, our patient presented late and as such could not benefit from penile reimplantation.
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دوره 4 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2016