"Urological cold shower"--a novel treatment for intraoperative erection

Urology. 2003 Feb;61(2):462. doi: 10.1016/s0090-4295(02)02150-7.

Abstract

Intraoperative penile tumescence during endoscopic surgery is a troublesome complication and a challenge to the urologist. We describe a novel, convenient, safe, and readily available technique. We used an intracavernosal injection of epinephrine using a standard dental syringe and a cartridge of lidocaine 2% and epinephrine 1:80,000 to induce detumescence reliably.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Anesthesia, Spinal
  • Epinephrine / administration & dosage
  • Epinephrine / therapeutic use
  • Humans
  • Injections / methods
  • Intraoperative Complications / drug therapy*
  • Lidocaine / administration & dosage
  • Lidocaine / therapeutic use
  • Male
  • Penile Erection / drug effects*
  • Penile Erection / physiology
  • Penis / drug effects
  • Prostatic Neoplasms / surgery
  • Transurethral Resection of Prostate / methods*
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Lidocaine
  • Epinephrine