title: Two port laparoscopic-assisted removal of a migrating rectal foreign body.
abstract: A variety of rectal foreign bodies have been documented in the English literature. They are inserted for various reasons including social pleasure. Most of them can be removed manually per ano. Here, we report a case of a big soft foreign body in the recto-sigmoid, which required the assistance of laparoscopy to enable retrieval.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University Hospital Lewisham, Lewisham High St, London, SE13 6LH, UK. dr_durai@yahoo.com
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Durai
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Biradhar
authors.forename: P C H
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Ng
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D012809:Colon, Sigmoid / Q000601:surgery*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000601:surgery; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D012007:Rectum; D016896:Treatment Outcome