A metallic ring penile foreign body causing penile strangulation: a rare case report

Abstract

Strangulation of penis is a rare clinical entity, which requires urgent urological management to prevent its devastating outcomes. The treatment of penile strangulation is immediate decompression of the constricted penis to facilitate free blood flow. Many different techniques have been described in literature to remove the constricting penile foreign bodies, but there is no universally accepted technique. Each case needs individualized handling in removing the foreign body. The procedure should be done with as little discomfort to the patient as possible and under anesthesia. Here we present to you a case report on a rare case of a metallic ring penile foreign body causing penile strangulation.

Phallic ring entrapment and strangulation at a tertiary hospital in North-Central Nigeria: a case report

“…Grade IV and V injuries may require penile amputation and re-implantation with the skills and instruments for microsurgery very handy to achieve optimum care. 9 Partial or total amputation is the surgery of choice in cases of penile gangrene following entrapment. 3 The duration and grade of incarceration determines to a large extent the complications and includes urinary retention, urethral stricture, urethral fistula, skin ulceration, insensate penis, priapism, penile skin gangrene with eventual complete gangrene of the penis.…”