title: Retrieval of a rectal foreign body using enemas in a 13-year-old boy.
abstract: In adults, rectal foreign bodies are a well-described phenomenon. In the pediatric emergency department, however, insertion of foreign bodies into the rectum is a rarely seen condition. Herein, we discuss a case of a rectal foreign body in a 13-year-old boy and the modality of removal.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria. georg.singer@medunigraz.at
authors.forename: Georg
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Singer
authors.forename: Amulya K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Saxena
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D004630:Emergencies; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D004733:Enema; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012007:Rectum