title: [Rectal foreign bodies: a report of four cases].
abstract: Foreign bodies were detected in the rectum in four male patients with ages ranging from 36 to 64 years. The materials were an iron rod, a specially shaped wooden device, and in two cases, deodorant caps. They were extracted with the patients in lithotomy position after anal dilatation, under general anesthesia in three cases, and spinal anesthesia in one case. No procedure-related complications occurred and the patients were discharged 24 hours after the operation.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Medicine Faculty of Dokuz Eylül University, Izmir, Turkey. katila@deu.edu.tr
authors.forename: Koray
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Atila
authors.forename: Selman
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sökmen
authors.forename: Hüseyin
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Astarcioğlu
authors.forename: Emre
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Canda
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D018451:Homosexuality, Male; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D012007:Rectum