Priapism: Multimedia

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Further Reading

For more information, see Medscape’s Erectile Dysfunction Resource Center.

Keywords

priapism, cavernosal shunts, Ebbehoj procedure, El-Ghorab procedure, erectile dysfunction, ED, erection, Grayhack shunt, prolonged erection, Quackel shunt, Quackel's shunt, sexual dysfunction, sickle cell disease, SCD, Winter procedure, low-flow priapism, ischemic priapism, high-flow priapism, nonischemic priapism, pathologic erection, permanent impotence, impotence, penile injury, penile trauma, penis trauma, penis injury, persistent erection, pseudopriapism

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