Endoscopic removal of intravesical thermometer using a rigid nephroscope and forceps.
Intravesical thermometers are occasionally encountered in urologic practice. In the present paper, we describe the removal of a thermometer from the bladder of a woman who presented with irritable bladder symptoms. The thermometer was removed intact transurethrally using a rigid nephroscope and forceps, even though both ends of the thermometer were embedded in the bladder wall. Our retrieval technique may be of general use in such cases, and it should be attempted before resorting to open surgery.
Nishiyama
Kenryu
K
Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, Kagoshima University and Shimada Urology Clinic, Aira-gun, Kagoshima, Japan.
Shimada
Takeshi
T
Yagi
Shizuo
S
Kawahara
Motoshi
M
Nakagawa
Masayuki
M
D000328:Adult; D020684:Cystoscopes; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D013525:Surgical Instruments; D001743:Urinary Bladder