Extraction of a rectal foreign body - an alternative method.
We present a case report of trans-anal extraction of a foreign body from the rectum using an unconventional instrument. Our patient presented with impacted retained rectal foreign bodies. As the patient suffered from psychosis, a laparotomy with a stoma would have been difficult to manage. It was thus decided to make every effort to retrieve the objects transanally. After failed attempts with retractors and endoscopy, Kielland obstetric forceps were used successfully to retrieve the foreign body transanally. The authors have found no other report describing use of Kielland obstetrical forceps to retrieve foreign bodies from the rectum.
Andrabi
Syed Imran Hussain
SI
Department of Surgery, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester, UK. imranandrabi@gmail.com
Johnson
Nick A
NA
Malik
Arshad Hussain
AH
Ahmed
Muhammad
M
D000328:Adult; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009772:Obstetrical Forceps; D012007:Rectum; D016896:Treatment Outcome