title: Retrospective Audit of the Management of Anal Insertion of Foreign Bodies: A Holistic Approach.
abstract: Most patients with voluntary anal insertion of a foreign body (IFB) present to the emergency department and are then managed by the surgical team. This report reviews the medical literature on IFB and includes results of a chart review of operative logged interventions and clinically coded procedures for anal IFBs at a single acute hospital in the United Kingdom between May 2009 and September 2013. The objective was to establish the current practice in the management of anal IFB and update a framework for the initial workup, surgical procedure, and appropriate mental health intervention.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Chase Farm Hospital, Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust, Middlesex, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Ahmed
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yahya
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Chase Farm Hospital, Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust, Middlesex, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Jude
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chukwuma
mesh_terms: D001003:Anal Canal; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D016728:Self-Injurious Behavior / Q000628:therapy*