Successful delayed treatment of acute glans penis ischaemia after adult circumcision: a case report.

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Department of Intensive Care and Hyperbaric Medicine, Alfred Health, Melbourne, Australia.

Published: June 2023

Penile glans ischaemia post-circumcision is very rare. A 20-year-old male presented with glans ischaemia following an elective circumcision and was successfully treated with a combination of subcutaneous injection of low molecular weight heparin 0.5 mg·kg⁻¹ twice-daily, oral Tadalafil 5 mg once-daily for three days and 12 hyperbaric oxygen treatments at 243 kPa (2.4 atmospheres absolute) beginning 48 hours after the onset of ischaemia.

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