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Instructional Course

Instructional Course - Available with the Platinum and Silver packages or Individual Course Ticket

036IC - Evaluation and Management of Priapism

Saturday, May 14, 2022

1:30 PM – 3:30 PM

Location: Room 207

Instructional Course Director(s)

Martin Gross, MD

Assistant Professor
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

Instructional Course Faculty(s)

TB

Trinity J. Bivalacqua, MD, PhD

Professor of Urology
University of Pennsylvania
Jay Simhan, MD

Professor of Urology and Director of Reconstructive Urology at Temple Health and the Fox Chase Cance
Fox Chase Cancer Center
Faysal A. Yafi, MD, FRCSC

Associate Professor
University of California Irvine

Learning Objectives:

Distinguish various types of priapism and discern the appropriate evaluation and intervention for each type.
Utilize medication treatment regimens to prevent recurrent ischemic priapism.
Medically manage ischemic priapism episodes.
Perform surgical management of ischemic priapism with a variety of shunt techniques.
Determine when penile prosthesis placement is appropriate for priapism management.

This course addresses the strong need for increased competence with the evaluation and management of priapism. Adequate priapism management requires regular retraining in order to remain current. Practicing urologists, residents, and advanced practice providers (APP) may be familiar with the 2003 AUA Best Practice Statement on priapism management but may not be comfortable with implementing the recommended techniques. Our course aims to educate these populations in order to increase competence with the management of this complex disease.

Our course also reinforces the upcoming release of the AUA priapism guidelines, and 2 of our faculty are on the guideline committee. As a result, we can provide precise evidence-based guidance regarding the medical and surgical management of priapism. Emphasis will be placed on the management of ischemic priapism, including prevention, medical management, surgical management with shunts, and surgical management with penile prostheses. Our target audiences are urologists, residents and APPs, all of whom need to be familiar with managing this urologic emergency.