RT Book, Section
A1 Holmes, Chad
A1 Wolfshohl, Jon
A1 Wang, Hao
A2 Reichman, Eric F.
SR Print(0)
ID 1159800136
T1 Rectal Foreign Body Extraction
T2 Reichman's Emergency Medicine Procedures, 3e
YR 2018
FD 2018
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781259861925
LK accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1159800136
RD 2024/04/24
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