Editorial

Vol. 37 No. 3 (2011): Urology Research and Practice

An unusual foreign body in the urinary bladder: beading awl

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Uğur Balcı
Mustafa Ozan Horsanalı
Mahir Kartalmış
Cengiz Girgin
Çetin Dinçel

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Many different foreign bodies have been found in the urinary bladder. Usually, these foreign bodies were self-inserted for autoeroticism, frequently in patients with psychiatric disorders. Here we report the case of a 34-year-old female patient who inserted a beading awl through the urethra into the bladder during sexual intercourse and was treated with open surgery.


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