Male genitalia injuries: Unspoken collateral damage from the COVID-19 pandemic

The novel coronavirus (Sars-CoV-2), otherwise known as “COVID-19”, spread across the globe in early 2020 resulting in unprecedented and overwhelming impacts on local health systems. Island Health (IH) authority which serves Vancouver Island, British Columbia, has been fortunate to have a low inciden...

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Published in:Canadian Urological Association journal 2020-07, Vol.14 (7), p.294-E296
Main Authors: Spooner, Jesse, Lee, Linda, Kinahan, John, Metcalfe, Michael, Hoag, Nathan
Format: Article
Language:English
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British Columbia
Canada
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
Epidemics
Genitalia
Health aspects
Metronidazole
Quarantine
Rapid Communication
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Summary:The novel coronavirus (Sars-CoV-2), otherwise known as “COVID-19”, spread across the globe in early 2020 resulting in unprecedented and overwhelming impacts on local health systems. Island Health (IH) authority which serves Vancouver Island, British Columbia, has been fortunate to have a low incidence of COVID-19. However, it has noticed a higher than expected male genitourinary (GU) injury  rate. We present six cases of GU trauma in the span of one week during the pandemic. One wonders whether behavioural changes secondary to COVID-19 restrictions, and the lifting of them, may correspond to an increase in male genitourinary complications. 
ISSN:1911-6470
1920-1214
DOI:10.5489/cuaj.6750