Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
Case Reports
. 2021 Dec 6;13(12):e20217.
doi: 10.7759/cureus.20217. eCollection 2021 Dec.

Novel Bedside Utilization of Foley Catheter in the Emergent Removal of Colorectal Foreign Body: A Case Report and Literature Review

Terry Lefcourt  1 , Andrew Ku  2 , Leo Issagholian  3 , Arianna S Neeki  1 , Milton Retamozo  4   5 , Fanglong Dong  1 , Michael M Neeki  1   3
Affiliations
Case Reports

Novel Bedside Utilization of Foley Catheter in the Emergent Removal of Colorectal Foreign Body: A Case Report and Literature Review

Terry Lefcourt et al. Cureus. .

Abstract

Rectal foreign bodies (RFBs) present unique challenges to the emergency physician. Failure to emergently remove the RFB may lead to additional intraoperative procedures with increased likelihood of complications. We present a case of retained RFB in the emergency department, in which the usual standard approaches to transanal removal had failed. A last-ditch effort by utilizing a Foley catheter inside the object rather than around it led to the successful removal of the RFB. An intense review of the literature highlights the importance of using various novel applications of a Foley catheter to consider cases of RFBs.

Keywords: emergency department; foley catheter; object in anus; rectal foreign body; rectal foreign object.

PubMed Disclaimer

Conflict of interest statement

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1. Abdominal and chest X-Ray: A. Abdominal X-ray image with a large area of hyperlucency suspicious for a foreign body in the colon. B. Repeated abdominal X-ray image shortly after the removal of the RFB. C. Chest X-ray image after removing RFB and before discharge.
RFB, rectal foreign body.
Figure 2
Figure 2. The rectal foreign body with associated Foley catheter and ruler for scale
See this image and copyright information in PMC

References

    1. Rectal foreign bodies: what is the current standard? Cologne KG, Ault GT. Clin Colon Rectal Surg. 2012;25:214–218. - PMC - PubMed
    1. Management of rectal foreign bodies. Coskun A, Erkan N, Yakan S, Yıldirim M, Cengiz F. https://wjes.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1749-7922-8-11. World J Emerg Surg. 2013;8:11. - PMC - PubMed
    1. Gould GM, Pyle WL. London: Rebman; 1897. Anomalies and curiosities of medicine : being an encyclopedic collection of rare and extraordinary cases, and of the most striking instances of abnormality in all branches of medicine and surgery, derived from an exhaustive research of medical literature from its origin to the present day.
    1. A management algorithm for retained rectal foreign bodies. Cawich SO, Thomas DA, Mohammed F, Bobb NJ, Williams D, Naraynsingh V. Am J Mens Health. 2017;11:684–692. - PMC - PubMed
    1. Colorectal foreign bodies. Clarke DL, Buccimazza I, Anderson FA, Thomson SR. Colorectal Dis. 2005;7:98–103. - PubMed

Publication types

LinkOut - more resources