TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Rectal Foreign Body Extraction A1 - Holmes, Chad A1 - Wolfshohl, Jon A1 - Wang, Hao A2 - Reichman, Eric F. PY - 2018 T2 - Reichman's Emergency Medicine Procedures, 3e AB - Foreign bodies within the rectum are the result of an ingestion or placed into the anus.1 Fortunately, the majority of items ingested orally that pass the pylorus and ileocecal valve also pass the anal sphincter. The most frequent types of items found in the anus from ingestion are undigested fish or chicken bones.2 Foreign bodies that are placed into the rectum are placed iatrogenically (e.g., enema tips and thermometers), inserted by the patient in an attempt to remove impacted stool, inserted by the patient or their partner as a form of sexual gratification, forcibly placed in the anus during a rape, or placed in the rectum as a means of concealment (i.e., body packing and body stuffing).2-4 SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/04/25 UR - accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1159800136 ER -