Safety pins and broken incense sticks inside the urethra of a young male: A case report

The incidence of Lower urinary tract foreign body insertions is low. The motives for such insertion of a variety of objects are difficult to comprehend. We report a case of a 20-year-old male with multiple safety pins and broken incense sticks embedded inside his urethra which were successfully remo...

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Main Authors: Kaustubh Vaidya, Ojas Vijayanand Potdar, Prajakta Charuchandra Bhide, Amrita Vikram Patkar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: National Board of Examinations 2023-07-01
Series:National Board of Examinations Journal of Medical Sciences
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Online Access:https://natboard.edu.in/ejournal/articledtl?x=K1M2cXMzWXIxa1dGZWNEbFVBRmJnQT09
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author Kaustubh Vaidya
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Amrita Vikram Patkar
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description The incidence of Lower urinary tract foreign body insertions is low. The motives for such insertion of a variety of objects are difficult to comprehend. We report a case of a 20-year-old male with multiple safety pins and broken incense sticks embedded inside his urethra which were successfully removed cystoscopically.
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spelling doaj.art-205bf16184f249d0a63ed474479cf4d22024-01-06T16:11:38ZengNational Board of ExaminationsNational Board of Examinations Journal of Medical Sciences2583-75242023-07-011745545810.61770/NBEJMS.2023.v01.i07.006Safety pins and broken incense sticks inside the urethra of a young male: A case reportKaustubh Vaidya0Ojas Vijayanand Potdar1Prajakta Charuchandra Bhide2Amrita Vikram Patkar3Assistant Professor in Urology, Grant Government Medical College and J.J. Group of Hospitals, Mumbai Central, Mumbai, Maharashtra-400008Senior Registrar in Urology, Grant Government Medical College and J.J. Group of Hospitals, Mumbai Central, Mumbai, Maharashtra-400008Consultant, Orthopaedic Surgeon, B-208, Nityanand Society, Near Mental hospital, Thane west, Thane-400604, Maharastra, IndiaSenior registrar in General Surgery, Bharatratna Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Municipal General Hospital, Kandivali (W.), Mumbai, Maharashtra, IndiaThe incidence of Lower urinary tract foreign body insertions is low. The motives for such insertion of a variety of objects are difficult to comprehend. We report a case of a 20-year-old male with multiple safety pins and broken incense sticks embedded inside his urethra which were successfully removed cystoscopically.https://natboard.edu.in/ejournal/articledtl?x=K1M2cXMzWXIxa1dGZWNEbFVBRmJnQT09foreign bodyurethrapenile
spellingShingle Kaustubh Vaidya
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National Board of Examinations Journal of Medical Sciences
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title Safety pins and broken incense sticks inside the urethra of a young male: A case report
title_full Safety pins and broken incense sticks inside the urethra of a young male: A case report
title_fullStr Safety pins and broken incense sticks inside the urethra of a young male: A case report
title_full_unstemmed Safety pins and broken incense sticks inside the urethra of a young male: A case report
title_short Safety pins and broken incense sticks inside the urethra of a young male: A case report
title_sort safety pins and broken incense sticks inside the urethra of a young male a case report
topic foreign body
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