Rectal foreign bodies are an increasingly common presentation to the Emergency department. It is essential for the surgeon to know how to deal with this presentation and the various approaches for retrieval. We present a rare case of a rectal foreign body without peritonitis which was successfully retrieved transanally. Post removal course was uneventful.
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Deolekar, S., Shah, S., Khobragade, M., Deshmukh, V., Kulkarni, P., Dalvi, A., & Dirkhipa, T. (2021). Foreign Body in Recto-Sigmoid colon: A Rare case report and its management. Iranian Journal of Colorectal Research, 9(4), 172-175. doi: 10.30476/acrr.2021.48142
MLA
Samir Suresh Deolekar; Sulay Kaushik Shah; Manish Namdeo Khobragade; Virendra Vijaykumar Deshmukh; Pallavi Padmakar Kulkarni; Abhay Narendra Dalvi; Tsering Yangchen Dirkhipa. "Foreign Body in Recto-Sigmoid colon: A Rare case report and its management", Iranian Journal of Colorectal Research, 9, 4, 2021, 172-175. doi: 10.30476/acrr.2021.48142
HARVARD
Deolekar, S., Shah, S., Khobragade, M., Deshmukh, V., Kulkarni, P., Dalvi, A., Dirkhipa, T. (2021). 'Foreign Body in Recto-Sigmoid colon: A Rare case report and its management', Iranian Journal of Colorectal Research, 9(4), pp. 172-175. doi: 10.30476/acrr.2021.48142
VANCOUVER
Deolekar, S., Shah, S., Khobragade, M., Deshmukh, V., Kulkarni, P., Dalvi, A., Dirkhipa, T. Foreign Body in Recto-Sigmoid colon: A Rare case report and its management. Iranian Journal of Colorectal Research, 2021; 9(4): 172-175. doi: 10.30476/acrr.2021.48142
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