Self-insertion of an odd urethral foreign body that led to fournier's gangrene

Self-inserted urethral foreign bodies (FBs) are rare. Neither reported case was the self-inflicted FB due to a lack of financial resources nor was either case complicated by Fournier's gangrene. We present a 54-year-old male who inserted a household pipe to relieve his urine retention. Unfortun...

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Main Authors: Mohamed Mohamed Elawdy, Samer El-Halwagy, Emad E Mousa, Joseph Maliakal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2019-01-01
Series:Urology Annals
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Online Access:http://www.urologyannals.com/article.asp?issn=0974-7796;year=2019;volume=11;issue=3;spage=320;epage=323;aulast=Elawdy