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An Electrical Wire as Foreign Body in Bladder-A Rare Presentation

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Foreign bodies in bladder being unusual in the clinical setting present as a diagnostic dilemma with the history being vague as highlighted by the present case of a 15 years old boy who was found to have long electrical wire coiled together in the bladder extending into whole urethra. Cystoscopic retreival was not possible as the wire had formed a huge coiled mass with knotting. The wire was removed by a suprapubic cystostomy. Postoperative period was uneventful

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  1. Department of Urology, Pt.B.D. Sharma PGIMS, Rohtak, Haryana, India, 124001

    Atul K. Khandelwal, Santosh K. Singh, Devendra Pawar & Sachit Sharma

  2. Department of Obstetric & Gynecology, Pt.B.D. Sharma PGIMS, Rohtak, Haryana, India

    Shivani Khandelwal

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Khandelwal, A.K., Singh, S.K., Pawar, D. et al. An Electrical Wire as Foreign Body in Bladder-A Rare Presentation. Indian J Surg 75 (Suppl 1), 238–239 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12262-012-0574-9

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