Traumatic amputation of penis

7 patients with penile traumas (4 - with penile fracture, 2 - degloving penile injury, 1 - traumatic amputation of the penis) were observed in the department of urology of the Municipal Hospital №5, Naberezhnye Chelny, Russia from 2009 to 2013. The penile trauma, regardless of its cause, is the major physical and mental trauma for the patient. It causes psychological distress, and impacts the subsequent quality of life in males. In domestic and foreign literature, there are few reports about the traumatic amputation of the penis as suicidal attempt in mental patients. At the presented case, patient himself performed the traumatic amputation to remove the strangulating ring. The patient used a metal ring to increase erection, after the coitus it caused the pathologic erection, and patient could not remove it. To decrease the edema, the patient cut the penile skin, but did not reckon the knife sharpness and the force, and performed the traumatic amputation of penis; the stump was thrown away by the patient. The described case can be distinguished because of the rare trauma mechanism in mentally healthy patient.

penile trauma, traumatic amputation of penis