title: An unusually long electric wire in a urethra and bladder.
abstract: Foreign bodies in the urethra and bladder are mostly due to self-insertion, iatrogenic insertion, migration from surrounding organs or through penetrating injuries. Self-insertion of a foreign body through the urethra is mostly related to sexual gratification, psychiatric conditions or to get relief from the intractable voiding symptoms. We present a case of a 17-year-old male who self-introduced an extremely long 120 cm electrical wire into his bladder for sexual gratification. The wire was removed by supra-pubic cystotomy to avoid urethral injuries.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research, Kolkata-700020, India.
authors.forename: Sandeep
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.affiliation: Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research, Kolkata-700020, India.
authors.forename: Pritesh
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Jain
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research, 244, AJC Bose Road, West Bengal,Kolkata-700020, India.
authors.forename: Dilip Kumar
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Pal
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research, Kolkata-700020, India.
authors.forename: Manju
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Banerjee
keywords: bladder; electric wire; foreign body