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Penile aseptic abscess in the cavernous body at the base of the penis: a case report
- Source :
- Frontiers of Nursing, Vol 8, Iss 1, Pp 83-89 (2021)
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Sciendo, 2021.
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Abstract
- We report a case of aseptic abscess in the cavernous body at the base of the penis. In our clinical observation, the patient underwent puncture and drainage of the corpus cavernosum abscess, followed by surgical resection of the abscess wall, with the incisions closed layer by layer with primary suture. In addition, we paid attention to strengthening the postoperative management by using elastic bandages to wrap the penis intermittently to prevent edema; the incision would not be covered with dressings from the third day after the operation, so as to keep the incision site dry in an open way. During the period of indwelling of the catheter after the operation, we noticed the care of the external orifice of the urethra to reduce the occurrence of catheter-related infections. Finally, the patient was diagnosed with a penile aseptic abscess in the cavernous body at the base of the penis. The patient recovered well after surgery and was discharged 1 week later. At 1.5 years after the operation, the shape of the penis returned to normal, and the erectile function was normal. It was seen that good nursing concept is of great help for prognosis, which could avoid infection and edema, and is conducive to wound healing.
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry
030232 urology & nephrology
RT1-120
aseptic abscess
primary suture
puncture and drainage
medicine.disease
Education
Surgery
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
medicine.anatomical_structure
penis
nursing
Medicine
Aseptic processing
business
Abscess
Base (exponentiation)
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
General Nursing
Penis
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 25448994
- Volume :
- 8
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Frontiers of Nursing
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....cc928874950a24c6462194bd4e320619