[Venous shunts in the treatment of acute thromboses of the cavernous body].

Six cases are presented, of acute thrombosis of the cavernous bodies, that were treated surgically. In five of the cases saphenous-cavernous anastomosis was performed and in the sixth spongio-cavernous anastomosis was carried out. The results are mediocre, four of the patients remaining impotent. The cause of the failure is probably the long duration of stasis in the cavernous bodies before venous derivations were performed.