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A LONG STANDING, MUCH TRAVELLED RECTAL FOREIGN BODY
Author(s) -
Buzzard A. J.,
Waxman B. P.
Publication year - 1979
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.1326-5377.1979.tb119391.x
Subject(s) - rectum , foreign body , vibrator (electronic) , medicine , surgery , general surgery , acoustics , physics
A case is reported of a plastic vibrator which was successfully removed from a 64‐year‐old male after having been resident in his rectum for a period of six months, during which time the patient endured a world trip, making it the longest standing, most travelled foreign body introduced into the rectum yet reported.