James F. Nolan, MD, the
urologist who shared the 1993 prize in medicine with
coauthors of the article, "Acute Management of the
Zipper-Entrapped Penis" (J Emerg Med. 1990;8:305-307).
The report describes a simple and safe procedure for
freeing the skin of a penis caught in the teeth of a
zipper. The information had never been published in an
emergency medicine journal before, he said, "so many
emergency docs don't know what to do to save countless
men from the painful penile predicament." They usually
wind up calling in a urologist, which is how he got
involved in this area of medicine. Because the injury
is so common, Nolan suggests that people keep a copy of
the article in the medicine cabinet, "next to the
ipecac," in all homes with young males.
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