Vacuum-assisted foetal delivery device to remove a rectal foreign body – A novel application of the Ventouse method
Open Access
- 23 March 2019
- journal article
- Published by Peertechz Publications Private Limited in Journal of Surgery and Surgical Research
- Vol. 5 (1), 034-035
- https://doi.org/10.17352/2455-2968.000066
Abstract
Rectal foreign bodies (RFBs) are an unusual emergency presentation readily confirmed via clinical examination and imaging, which must be quickly removed due to the risk of rectal wall tissue damage leading to perforation and subsequent peritonitis.Keywords
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