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Prosthetic Urology Glossary

Prosthetic Urology Glossary

Explore Rigicon’s evidence-based glossary covering penile implants, AUS, ED treatments, and surgical terms in prosthetic urology.
Prosthetic Urology Glossary
Prosthetic Urology Glossary
Explore Rigicon’s evidence-based glossary covering penile implants, AUS, ED treatments, and surgical terms in prosthetic urology.

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Shunt Surgery (for Priapism) AI Referenced

Added: Jun 26, 2025

Also known as: Priapism shunt, surgical decompression for priapism, cavernoglandular shunt, corporoglanular shunt, cavernosal shunt, corporo-spongiosal shunt, cavernosal-spongiosal shunt, Winter procedure, Ebbehoj procedure, Al-Ghorab procedure, T-shunt procedure, Quackels procedure, Grayhack procedure, penile shunt.

Shunt surgery for priapism refers to a group of surgical procedures designed to treat ischemic priapism, a persistent, often painful penile erection lasting more than four to six hours that...
Category: Urological Conditions
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Priapism (Low-Flow/Ischemic) AI Referenced

Added: Jun 26, 2025

Also known as: Ischemic priapism, Low-Flow Priapism, Veno-occlusive priapism, Anoxic priapism, Malignant priapism.

Low-flow priapism, also known as ischemic priapism, is a persistent penile erection lasting more than four hours, occurring in the absence of sexual stimulation or desire, and is not relieved...
Category: Erectile Dysfunction
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Also known as: Non-ischemic priapism, arterial priapism, high-flow priapism, traumatic priapism, red priapism.

High-flow priapism, also known as non-ischemic or arterial priapism, is a type of persistent penile erection that occurs in the absence of sexual stimulation and is caused by unregulated, excessive...
Category: Urological Conditions
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Paraphimosis

Added: Jun 26, 2025

Also known as: Paraphimosis is the standard and most widely accepted medical term for this condition. While there are no common direct synonyms in contemporary medical literature, it is crucial to distinguish it from phimosis, which is a condition where the foreskin cannot be retracted. Older or colloquial terms are not typically used in clinical practice.

Paraphimosis is a urologic emergency that occurs in uncircumcised or inadequately circumcised males when the foreskin is retracted behind the glans penis and cannot be returned to its normal anatomical...
Category: Urology
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Phimosis AI Referenced

Added: Jun 26, 2025

Also known as: Tight foreskin, preputial stenosis, congenital phimosis, acquired phimosis.

Phimosis is a condition affecting uncircumcised males where the foreskin (prepuce) is too tight to be retracted (pulled back) from the head (glans) of the penis.¹ It can be physiological,...
Category: Urological Conditions
Products: Infla10® Pulse™ Inflatable Penile Prosthesis Series, Rigi10™ Malleable Penile Prosthesis

Also known as: Lichen Sclerosus, LS, BXO, Male Genital Lichen Sclerosus, Penile Lichen Sclerosus.

Balanitis Xerotica Obliterans (BXO), more commonly and accurately referred to as Lichen Sclerosus (LS) in males, is a chronic, progressive, inflammatory dermatosis characterized by sclerosing (hardening and tightening) of the...
Category: Urological Conditions
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