title: Internet impact on the insertion of genitourinary tract foreign bodies in childhood.
abstract: Foreign body self-insertion into the urethra is an uncommon paraphilia. Variety in object form, motivation, clinical presentation, complications, and treatment options is a rule. In childhood it is very rare, and it is attributed to curiosity or mental disorders so far. However, the internet impact on daily life of all age groups has created a new category of sexual behavior in childhood and adolescence, the "internet induced paraphilia." Such is the case of an electrical cable inserted in the urethra of a 12-year-old boy reported here, which is representative of this kind of impact.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, Karamandanion Children's Hospital, 26331 Patras, Greece.
authors.forename: Xenophon
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Sinopidis
authors.forename: Vasileios
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Alexopoulos
authors.forename: Antonios
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Panagidis
authors.forename: Alexandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ziova
authors.forename: Anastasia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Varvarigou
authors.forename: George
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Georgiou