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01-06-2013 | Case Report

An Electrical Wire as Foreign Body in Bladder-A Rare Presentation

Authors: Atul K. Khandelwal, Santosh K. Singh, Devendra Pawar, Shivani Khandelwal, Sachit Sharma

Published in: Indian Journal of Surgery | Special Issue 1/2013

Abstract

Foreign bodies in bladder being unusual in the clinical setting present as a diagnostic dilemma with the history being vague as highlighted by the present case of a 15 years old boy who was found to have long electrical wire coiled together in the bladder extending into whole urethra. Cystoscopic retreival was not possible as the wire had formed a huge coiled mass with knotting. The wire was removed by a suprapubic cystostomy. Postoperative period was uneventful

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Title: An Electrical Wire as Foreign Body in Bladder-A Rare Presentation
Authors: Atul K. Khandelwal
Santosh K. Singh
Devendra Pawar
Shivani Khandelwal
Sachit Sharma
Publication date: 01-06-2013
Publisher: Springer India
Published in: Indian Journal of Surgery / Issue Special Issue 1/2013
Print ISSN: 0972-2068
Electronic ISSN: 0973-9793
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12262-012-0574-9

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