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Risk Factors for Erectile Dysfunction in Patients with Venous Priapism in Ivory Cost from 2014 to 2023

¹ Department of Andrology and Urology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Université Felix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan, Ivory Coast
² Department of Andrology and Urology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Université Felix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan, Ivory Coast
³ Department of Andrology and Urology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Université Felix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan, Ivory Coast
⁴ Department of Andrology and Urology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Université Felix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan, Ivory Coast
⁵ Department of Andrology and Urology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Université Felix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan, Ivory Coast
⁶ Department of Andrology and Urology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Université Felix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan, Ivory Coast
⁷ Department of Andrology and Urology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Université Felix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan, Ivory Coast
⁸ Department of Andrology and Urology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Université Felix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan, Ivory Coast
⁹ Department of Andrology and Urology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Université Felix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan, Ivory Coast
¹⁰ Department of Andrology and Urology, Cocody University Hospital, Abidjan, Ivory Coast

Open Journal of Urology·Volume 15 (2025)·Pages 447–455·Published 21 October 2025·DOI10.4236/oju.2025.1510046

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Introduction: Venous priapism is common among young people with sickle cell disease in Ivory Coast. Objective: To report the results of the management of venous priapism. Methods: This was a retrospective cross-sectional study, which concerned the files of patients received and treated in the Urology Department of the Cocody University Hospital for priapism from January 2014 to December 2023. Results: The mean age of the patients was 32.91 years, with extremes of 14 and 65 years. The Akans represented the most affected ethnic group in 39% of cases. Traders predominated with 21% of cases. The patients were mostly single in 65% of cases and came from economically modest communes (52% of cases). The cavernous-spongy shunts were performed with the Ebbehoj technique in 88% of cases. After surgical treatment, erectile dysfunction was present in 46% of patients. This dysfunction was related to age, sickle cell disease and treatment delay. Conclusion: The venous priapism is seen late in Ivory Coast. In the evolution, erectile dysfunction was found in 46%, which classifies it as an andrological emergency occurring most often in a young, disadvantaged population.

KeywordsVenous PriapismSickle Cell DiseaseEbbehojErectile Dysfunction

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Risk Factors for Erectile Dysfunction in Patients with Venous Priapism in Ivory Cost from 2014 to 2023

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