ArticleAmerican journal of men's health2017
A Management Algorithm for Retained Rectal Foreign Bodies.
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- Colonoscopy-assisted removal of an impaction foreign body at the rectosigmoid junction: A case report.World journal of clinical cases · 2024Article
- A case of a stuck mesh in the rectum after pelvic surgery.DEN open · 2024Article
- An uncommon problem: Overcoming the challenges of rectal foreign bodies-A case series and literature review.Clinical case reports · 2023Article
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- Cough syrup bottle at rectum in elderly male: a rare case report.Journal of surgical case reports · 2023Article
- Rectal Foreign Bodies: A 10-Year Review of the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System.Cureus · 2023Article
- Surgical management of rectal foreign bodies: A single-center experience.Ulusal travma ve acil cerrahi dergisi = Turkish journal of trauma & emergency surgery : TJTES · 2023Article
- Rectal Foreign Body: A Case Report.JNMA; journal of the Nepal Medical Association · 2022Article
- Management of unusual rectal foreign body - Case report and literature review.International journal of surgery case reports · 2022Article
- Systematic review of rectal foreign bodies in older men: humanistic care and a novel challenge for society.Annals of translational medicine · 2022Article
- Management of retained trans-anal foreign body: a case report.The Pan African medical journal · 2022Article
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- Rectal Foreign Body: A Successful Removal at the Bedside and Detailing of a Stepwise Management.The American journal of case reports · 2021Article
- Case Series: Removal of Rectal Foreign Bodies.Cureus · 2021Article
- Rectal foreign bodies: national outcomes after the operating room.International journal of colorectal disease · 2021Article
- Management of Asymptomatic Perforation of a Pediatric Rectal Foreign Body into the Peritoneal Cavity Retrieved with Laparoscopy: A Case Report and Review of the Literature.Case reports in medicine · 2021Article
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Abstract
Few authors have proposed therapeutic protocols to manage retained rectal foreign bodies (RFBs). All patients with retained RFBs in hospitals across Trinidad and Tobago over 5 years were identified. Hospital records were retrieved and manually reviewed to extract the following data: demographics, history, foreign body retrieved, clinical signs at presentation, management strategy, duration of hospitalization, and morbidity and mortality. There were 10 patients with RFBs over the study period. The annual incidence of this phenomenon was 0.15 per 100,000 population. All patients were men at a mean age of 50.6 years (range: 27-83; SD = 15.3) who presented after a voluntary delay of 1.4 days (range: 0.5-2.5; SD = 0.7). Only one patient gave an accurate history on presentation, but all eventually admitted to self-insertion for sexual gratification. At presentation, one patient had a spontaneous rectal perforation (10%). The remaining nine patients had attempts at bedside transanal extraction, which was unsuccessful in 89% (8/9) of cases. The RFB was pushed beyond the grasp of forceps, making removal under anesthesia unsuccessful in 62.5% (5/8) cases. These patients required more invasive extraction methods including transanal minimally invasive surgery (1), laparoscopic-assisted advancement with transanal retrieval (1), and open surgery with transmural extraction and anastomoses (3). A management algorithm is proposed for the management of RFBs. Important points in this algorithm are the importance of clinician-patient rapport, early surgical referral, avoidance of bedside extraction in the emergency room, early examination under anesthesia, and the inclusion of emerging therapies such as transanal minimally invasive surgery.
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