Introduction
Priapism is a prolonged, painful and persistent erection, unrelated to sexual stimulation. The management of priapism is complex and requires various medical or surgical treatments. The authors review the aetiology, treatment and outcome of priapism.Material and methods
26 cases of low-flow priapism were collected over a period of 23 years (1985–2007), corresponding to 22 adults and 4 children (average age: 32 years) with various types of priapism. The time to appropriate management after onset of priapism varied according to the aetiology and the time to consultation (range: 16 hours to 15 days).Results
Complete and persistent detumescence for the first 24 hours was obtained in 84% of cases, sometimes with multiple successive procedures. No case of early recurrence was observed. 21 patients were regularly followed for a period of 3 months to 10 years (mean follow-up: 2 years). There were 9 (42.9%) successes (recovery of normal erectile function), 4 partial results (19%) and 9 (30.1%) failures (complete erectile dysfunction).Conclusion
Low-flow priapism must be considered to be a serious andrological emergency. Medical treatment can be effective in early forms, but surgery must not be delayed to prevent permanent erectile dysfunction secondary to extensive corpora cavernosa fibrosis. 相似文献Poultry feather keratin is the most important by-product from the poultry industry due to its abundance. Different methods have been still applied to process this by-product such as enzymatic hydrolysis which is expensive and inapplicable at the industrial level. This paper presents a study of acid hydrolysis of poultry feathers using different types of acids, sulphuric acid concentration, different temperatures and solid to liquid ratio to obtain a liquid product rich in peptides. The feathers analysis revealed a crude protein content of 88.83%. A maximum peptides production of 676 mg/g was reached using sulphuric acid, 1 molar acid concentration and 50 g/l solid to liquid ratio at a temperature of 90 °C after 300 min. A reaction scheme for protein aggregation and decomposition to polypeptides and amino acids was proposed and a kinetic model for peptides production was developed. The proposed kinetic model proved to be well adapted to the experimental data with R 2 = 0.99.
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