title: A simple inexpensive snare for manipulation of intravesical foreign bodies.
abstract: Patients present with foreign bodies in the genitourinary tract of a surprising array of shapes and sizes. We present a case of a woman with a metallic pipe lodged in the bladder and a novel technique for removing it. The patient underwent cystoscopy and a prolene snare was fashioned intraoperatively which facilitated safe and rapid extraction of the metallic pipe. Foreign bodies in the genitourinary tract present the urologist with a unique challenge and we present a simple, cheap, and effective way of managing these objects using an easily constructed cystoscopic snare.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, University of Rochester School of Medicine, Rochester, New York 14642, USA.
authors.forename: Jonah S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Marshall
authors.forename: Allison L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Cardin
authors.forename: Ganesh
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Palapattu
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D001743:Urinary Bladder