TY - JOUR
T1 - Foreign bodies in urinary bladder
AU - Prasad, Siva
AU - Smith, Arthur M.
AU - Uson, Aurelio
AU - Melicow, Meyer
AU - Lattimer, John K.
PY - 1973/9
Y1 - 1973/9
N2 - Ten patients with foreign bodies in the bladder are herein reported from the urologic admissions of the Squier Clinic at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center. Twelve foreign bodies were removed from these 10 patients. They consisted of three glass stirring rods, two hairpins, two umbilical tapes, one ball-point pen, one pencil, one rubber tube, one Penrose drain, and one bougie. Seven of these objects were self-introduced; the Penrose drain was left in the bladder during a previous suprapubic prostatectomy, and the two umbilical tapes used in previous gynecologic surgery had worked their way into the bladder. The clinical features, diagnostic maneuvers, and methods of treatment have been described, and the literature on foreign bodies reviewed.
AB - Ten patients with foreign bodies in the bladder are herein reported from the urologic admissions of the Squier Clinic at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center. Twelve foreign bodies were removed from these 10 patients. They consisted of three glass stirring rods, two hairpins, two umbilical tapes, one ball-point pen, one pencil, one rubber tube, one Penrose drain, and one bougie. Seven of these objects were self-introduced; the Penrose drain was left in the bladder during a previous suprapubic prostatectomy, and the two umbilical tapes used in previous gynecologic surgery had worked their way into the bladder. The clinical features, diagnostic maneuvers, and methods of treatment have been described, and the literature on foreign bodies reviewed.
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U2 - 10.1016/0090-4295(73)90460-3
DO - 10.1016/0090-4295(73)90460-3
M3 - Article
C2 - 4747664
AN - SCOPUS:0015667314
SN - 0090-4295
VL - 2
SP - 258
EP - 264
JO - Urology
JF - Urology
IS - 3
ER -