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FOREIGN BODY IN THE RECTUM
Author(s) -
Serdar Kirmizi,
Hüseyin Kerem Tolan
Publication year - 1968
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1968.tb82760.x
Subject(s) - citation , rectum , psychology , computer science , world wide web , medicine , surgery
Foreign bodies in the rectum, seen in the emergency rooms are not common. These may either be ingested by an oral intake or a trans-anal route. It is a rare possibility that an orally ingested object can go through the ileo-cecal valve and then stuck in rectum. Generally in all the cases penetration through the rectum is the most common route. This is commonly seen as a consequence of an attempt of a sexual satisfaction or as a result of a sexual insult in the middle aged males. Here we present a fifty years old male patient who was diagnosed with a broken lamp bulb in his rectum which was removed by a laparotomy. Just like in our case the attempts to remove these objects transannaly may worsen the current situation, for this reason it shouldn't be hesitated to make a laparotomy decision.