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Open removal as a first-line treatment of magnetic intravesical foreign bodies
Author(s) -
Max A. Levine,
Howard Evans
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
canadian urological association journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1920-1214
pISSN - 1911-6470
DOI - 10.5489/cuaj.190
Subject(s) - foreign bodies , urethra , open surgery , medicine , surgery , foreign body , urinary bladder , urinary system , urology , anatomy
Intravesical foreign bodies are an uncommon, but significant, cause of urologic consultation. We present 3 patients who all inserted magnetic beads per urethra into the urinary bladder, which subsequently became retained. Endoscopic attempts were unsuccessfully tried in the first 2 cases, necessitating open cystotomy to remove the beads. The third went straight to open removal. Given the failure of minimally invasive techniques, we believe that open removal should be the first-line treatment for these types of foreign bodies.

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