Treatment of penile fracture. Description of three new cases and review of the literature

We report three cases of penile fracture treated in the Department of Urology of the National Hospital of Lamorde [Niger] between January 2003 and April 2006. The mean age of the patients was 32.6 +/- 7 years. Two of them were married, while one was single. The patients presented within 3 hours, 7 and 15 days,. respectively, after the penile fracture. The lesion was caused by injury during sexual intercourse in two and by manipulation of the erect penis in the third case. All patients underwent emergency surgery consisting of an incision at the site of the fracture, debridement and primary suturing of the tear in the tunica albuginea. Mean hospitalization was 16.4 [range 7 to 28] days