Electrical wire as a foreign body in a male urethra: a case report
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Introduction</p> <p>Self-inflicted foreign bodies in the male urethra and urinary bladder are an emergency that urologists may rarely have to face. A case of an electrical wire inserted in the male urethra and coiled in the bladder is presented.</p...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2009-02-01
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| Series: | Journal of Medical Case Reports |
| Online Access: | http://www.jmedicalcasereports.com/content/3/1/49 |
| Summary: | <p>Abstract</p> <p>Introduction</p> <p>Self-inflicted foreign bodies in the male urethra and urinary bladder are an emergency that urologists may rarely have to face. A case of an electrical wire inserted in the male urethra and coiled in the bladder is presented.</p> <p>Case presentation</p> <p>A 53-year-old male presented with the inability to void and bloody urethral discharge after having introduced an electrical wire in his urethra for masturbation 3 hours earlier. He had made several unsuccessful attempts to remove it.</p> <p>Conclusion</p> <p>The variety of these objects may be impressive and removal of the foreign body may be quite challenging requiring imagination and high-level surgical skills., In this case an electrical wire was used and the diagnostic as well as the therapeutic steps for its removal are presented.</p> |
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| ISSN: | 1752-1947 |