RBC Exchange Pheresis for Priapism in Sickle Cell Disease
- 23 November 1979
- journal article
- case report
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in JAMA
- Vol. 242 (21) , 2317-2318
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.1979.03300210043021
Abstract
An intermittent-flow blood cell separator was used to perform a subtotal RBC exchange pheresis with prompt relief of priapism secondary to sickle cell disease. The blood cell separator offers an efficient, practical, safe method of performing exchange transfusion in the adult. Surgical procedures in the treatment of priapism have met with limited success and carry a 50% rate of subsequent impotence. We believe that RBC exchange pheresis offers a superior approach in the treatment of complications of sickle cell crisis, including priapism, and should be instituted in the symptomatic patient before more drastic procedures are undertaken. (JAMA 242:2317-2318, 1979)Keywords
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