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Automated erythrocytopheresis for relief of priapism in sickle cell hemoglobinopathies

E M Walker, E N Mitchum, S N Rous

    The Journal of Urology
    |November 1, 1983
    PubMed

    Priapism, a complication of male patients with sickle hemoglobinopathies, has been managed by a variety of surgical and nonsurgical forms of therapy that often are unsuccessful. The application of automated erythrocytopheresis (red blood cell exchange) by continuous-flow and semicontinuous-flow procedures appears to offer distinct advantages in the treatment of complications resulting from sickle hemoglobinopathies. The successful application of erythrocytopheresis for the relief of priapism in a patient with hemoglobin SC disease is presented and probably represents the first case reported on the use of automated red blood cell exchange procedures in the treatment of this condition. Data and results of automated erythrocytopheresis in 4 additional patients are presented. The advantages and disadvantages of erythrocytopheresis in the treatment of priapism (and other complications of sickle hemoglobinopathies) are discussed and the method is compared to other modes of therapy.

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