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Endoscopic removal of intravesical thermometer using a rigid nephroscope and forceps
Author(s) -
NISHIYAMA KENRYU,
SHIMADA TAKESHI,
YAGI SHIZUO,
KAWAHARA MOTOSHI,
NAKAGAWA MASAYUKI
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
international journal of urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.172
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1442-2042
pISSN - 0919-8172
DOI - 10.1046/j.1442-2042.2002.00545.x
Subject(s) - medicine , thermometer , forceps , urology , surgery , quantum mechanics , physics
Intravesical thermometers are occasionally encountered in urologic practice. In the present paper, we describe the removal of a thermometer from the bladder of a woman who presented with irritable bladder symptoms. The thermometer was removed intact transurethrally using a rigid nephroscope and forceps, even though both ends of the thermometer were embedded in the bladder wall. Our retrieval technique may be of general use in such cases, and it should be attempted before resorting to open surgery.