TITLE:
Trauma to the Male External Genitalia: Epidemiology, Diagnosis and Therapeutic Aspects at Yalgado Ouedraogo Teaching Hospital of Ouagadougou
AUTHORS:
Barnabé Zango, Fasnéwindé A. Kabore, Abdoul Karim Pare, Brahima Kirakoya, Clôtaire Alexis Marie Kiemdiba Donega Yameogo, Adama Ouattara, Cyprien Zare
KEYWORDS:
Male External Genitalia-Trauma-Emergency
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Urology,
Vol.5 No.7,
July
20,
2015
ABSTRACT: Objective: To describe the epidemiology,
diagnosis and therapeutic outcomes of trauma to the external genitalia trauma.
Materials and Methods: This is a retrospective descriptive study over a period
of six and a half years from January 1st, 2006 to June 30th, 2012. About 42
cases of trauma to the male external genitalia were received at the emergency
department of General surgery and Urology of Yalgado Ouedraogo Teaching
Hospital of Ouagadougou. Results: The average age of the patients was 31.7
years and the age groups most affected were those between 16 - 26 years. Our
study population were mainly pupils and students with 40.5% of cases. Causes of
trauma to the external genitalia were mainly highway accident with 19 cases
(45.2% of cases). 85.7% of patients presented on the day of the trauma. Scrotum
and its contents were more exposed to trauma (30 cases) than penis (12 cases).
Treatment was most often surgical (78.6%). The postoperative course was
uneventful in 75% of the cases of testicular trauma and 72.7% of the cases of
penile trauma. Conclusion: External genitalia traumas affect young people.
Complications can be important like erectile dysfunction. However, the
prognosis is good if treatment is early.