Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Surgical treatment of priapism in a stallion.
- Journal:
- Veterinary surgery : VS
- Year:
- 1987
- Authors:
- Schumacher, J & Hardin, D K
- Affiliation:
- Department of Large Animal Medicine and Surgery · United States
- Species:
- horse
Plain-English summary
A stallion developed a persistent erection, known as priapism, after receiving a medication called acetylpromazine. When initial treatments didn't work, veterinarians drained and cleaned the area around the penis and created a new pathway for blood flow. While this procedure helped reduce the erection, the stallion then had trouble getting his penis to retract or become erect again. Ultimately, the decision was made to castrate the stallion and surgically pull the penis back into its protective sheath.
Abstract
Priapism occurred in a stallion after the administration of acetylpromazine. When conservative measures failed, the corpus cavernosum penis (CCP) was drained and irrigated, and a vascular shunt between the erectile bodies was created. Subsidence of erection resulted, but subsequently, the stallion was unable to retract or erect the penis. The stallion was castrated and the penis was surgically retracted into the sheath.
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