title: An unusual foreign body in urethra: nail clippers.
abstract: A 37-year-old mentally retarded male patient complained of voiding difficulties. Physical examination revealed a foreign body in the urethra. The foreign body was found to be nail clippers and was removed with open surgery. This case of self-inserted nail clippers in the urethra by the patient is the first published report to our knowledge.
authors.affiliation: S.B. Diyarbakir Educational Hospital, Department of Urology, Diyarbakir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Namik
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hatipoglu
authors.affiliation: Dumlupinar University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Urology Kutahya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Mehmet
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yucel
authors.affiliation: S.B. Diyarbakir Educational Hospital, Department of Radiology, Diyarbakir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Nebahat
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hatipoglu
authors.affiliation: S.B. Bagcilar Educational and Research Hospital, Department of Urology, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Serhat
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yentur
authors.affiliation: S.B. Bagcilar Educational and Research Hospital, Department of Urology, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Attila
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Semercioz
keywords: foreign body; nail scissors; urethra