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Un accident de travail peu ordinaire: embrochage de la verge par une esquille de bois

An inusual accident at work: plugging of the penis by a splinter of wood

Basic and Clinical Andrology volume 22, pages 49–50 (2012)Cite this article

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Les auteurs rapportent une observation d’une plaie de la verge par embrochage d’une esquille de bois lors de l’activité quotidienne d’un menuisier. Le patient a été reçu trois heures après l’accident de travail. L’esquille de bois avait transpercé la verge de part en part, avec arrêt au niveau de la cuisse gauche. L’exploration chirurgicale a retrouvé une plaie d’environ 1,5 × 3 cm des corps caverneux, sans atteinte visible de l’urètre, et une effraction du muscle quadriceps. Le risque de dysfonction érectile secondaire au traumatisme des corps caverneux a été évoqué.

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This is a case study of a perforating wound of the penis by a wood, which happened during the daily activity of a carpenter. The patient was referred three hours after the accident that happened at its jobsite. There were three wounds. The entry point was on the left side of the penis, the exit point on the right and the second entry point on the medial face of the right thigh. The surgical exploration revealed a wound of 1.5 by 3 centimeters that went through the corpus cavernosum. The urethra seemed to be normal and the quadriceps muscle was torn. The risk of erection disorder following the penile injury is to be considered.

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  1. Faculté de médecine et des sciences pharmaceutiques de Douala, Douala, Cameroun

    E. H. Moby Mpah & T. Sala Beyeme

  2. Faculté des sciences de l’université Dschang, Dschang, Cameroun

    F. Atemkeng Tsatedem

  3. Faculté de médecine et des sciences biologiques de Yaoundé, Yaoundé, Cameroun

    P. J. Fouda & F. Angwafo III

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Moby Mpah, E.H., Atemkeng Tsatedem, F., Sala Beyeme, T. et al. Un accident de travail peu ordinaire: embrochage de la verge par une esquille de bois. Basic Clin. Androl. 22, 49–50 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12610-012-0163-y

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Mots clés

  • Accident de travail
  • Verge
  • Corps étranger

Keywords

  • Work accident
  • Penis
  • Foreign body

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