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A simple inexpensive snare for manipulation of intravesical foreign bodies

Jonah S. Marshall, Allison L. Cardin, Ganesh Palapattu

Department of Urology, University of Rochester School of Medicine, Rochester, New York, USA
Address correspondence to Dr. Jonah S. Marshall, Department of Urology, Box 656, Strong Memorial Hospital, 601 Elmwood Avenue, Rochester, New York 14642 USA

Canadian Journal of Urology 2008, 15(1), 3936-3938.

Abstract

Patients present with foreign bodies in the genitourinary tract of a surprising array of shapes and sizes. We present a case of a woman with a metallic pipe lodged in the bladder and a novel technique for removing it. The patient underwent cystoscopy and a prolene snare was fashioned intraoperatively which facilitated safe and rapid extraction of the metallic pipe. Foreign bodies in the genitourinary tract present the urologist with a unique challenge and we present a simple, cheap, and effective way of managing these objects using an easily constructed cystoscopic snare.

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