title: Successful removal of strangulating metal penile ring using a dental handpiece.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Under emergency conditions, the dental handpiece can be a useful tool for removing a strangulating penile ring.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To report the successful use of a dental handpiece (dental drill) to remove a strangulating penile ring in an emergency.
  
  
  METHODS
  A case report of a strangulating metal penile ring in a psychiatric patient who presented at the accident and emergency unit of Delta State University Teaching Hospital.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The metal ring was removed using a diamond bur in a dental handpiece.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In case of emergency, the dental handpiece is a useful tool for removing a strangulating penile ring.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral/Maxillofacial Surgery, Delta State University Teaching Hospital, Oghara, Nigeria Department of Oral/Maxillofacial Surgery, Delta State University, Abraka, Delta, Nigeria.
authors.forename: Mabel Okiemute
authors.initials: MO
authors.lastname: Etetafia
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery,Urology Unit, Delta State University Teaching Hospital, Oghara, Delta, Nigeria.
authors.forename: Charles Onochie
authors.initials: CO
authors.lastname: Nwajei
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic / Q000601:surgery; D003762:Dental Instruments; D020878:Device Removal / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004635:Emergency Medicine / Q000295:instrumentation*; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010409:Penile Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D010413:Penis