Technique of radiological localisation and endoscopic retrieval of unusual foreign body from urinary bladder

Int Urol Nephrol. 2006;38(2):251-4. doi: 10.1007/s11255-006-0037-y.

Abstract

Minimal invasive endoscopic retrieval of an unusual foreign body (Allen key) from urinary bladder in a young female patient is presented. The technique of radiological localisation using plain X-ray, often the only investigation available in small centres, is described.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Endoscopy / methods*
  • Female
  • Foreign Bodies / diagnosis*
  • Foreign Bodies / diagnostic imaging
  • Foreign Bodies / surgery*
  • Foreign-Body Migration
  • Humans
  • Radiography
  • Urinary Bladder* / surgery
  • Vagina