Foreign Body in the Bladder

Schloss, Walter A.

doi:10.1001/jama.1950.82910440001010

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“…For its brittle texture, smooth surface, the long shape and hard character, the mercury thermometer is more difficult to grapple with foreign body forceps. Schloss WA and his colleagues 3 reported a case of a woman who accidentally dropped a mercury thermometer into her bladder to monitor the ovulation temperature, and removed the thermometer with an electrosurgical resection loop of the prostate under the transurethral cystoscope. Some others also reported that mercury thermometers were removed successfully by inserting fingers into the urethra and assisted by colonoscopy in children 2 …”

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Transurethral cystoscopic removal foreign body (thermometer) with a stone extractor: A case

Yang

Sun

et al. 2019

Urology Case Reports

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Bladder foreign bodies have been reported with a great variety, including daily objects and even living things. Except for these, thermometer in bladder were reported with several cases. Due to the limitations of surgical equipment, the removal of bladder thermometer was initially performed with manipulation combined with forceps for female patients, and now it has been taken out with the assistance of various endoscopes. In this report, a 25 years old male inserted a thermometer in his bladder, and a transurethral cystoscopic removal procedure was conducted with a stone extractor.

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