1 Jan 2019Case Report
Successful transanal removal of unusual foreign body self-inserted in the rectum A case report and review of literature
Maurizio Gentile 1Giovanni Cestaro 1Gabriele Filippo 1Bruno Amato 1Luigi Sivero 1
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Article Info
1 Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery, “Federico II” University of Naples, Naples, Italy
Ann. Ital. Chir., 2019, 90(1), 88-92;
Published: 1 Jan 2019
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Abstract
Foreign bodies in the rectum are a true proctological emergency. The incidence of these cases is increasing in recent years mostly due to auto-erotic acts and behavior disordes and is mainly observed in young patients. Most patients with rectal foreign bodies present to the emergency room usually exhausted after efforts of removingothe object at home. Many endoscopic and surgical techniques to get such removal have been described in the literature and the reported variety of in foreign bodies is as large as the number of techniques used to remove them. Authors report a case of unusual foreign body in the rectum that required multiple attempts to be removed and an original solution.
Keywords
- Emergency surgery
- Rectal foreign body
- Transanal Extraction