Abstract

MARTINEZ, Carlos E et al. Literature Review of Management of Colorectal Foreign Bodies. Rev Col Gastroenterol [online]. 2018, vol.33, n.1, pp.49-56. ISSN 0120-9957.  https://doi.org/10.22516/25007440.231.

Patients with foreign bodies in their rectums are not uncommon, but statistics on the epidemiology of this entity are scarce. Most of the literature published consists of case reports or case series. Foreign rectal bodies, whether inserted intentionally or unintentionally, constitute a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge for physicians who need skill and knowledge to extract objects of different shapes and sizes.

Foreign rectal bodies are generally observed in the adult population in relation to erotic stimulation or sexual assault. Occasionally, foreign bodies are ingested and pass through the gastrointestinal tract to lodge in the rectum. Although this situation is the least common, it does occur, especially in patients with mental illnesses, visual disorders, or alcoholism and among users of dental prostheses. The purpose of this review is to establish management guidelines and to present an algorithm for the approach to colorectal foreign bodies.

Keywords : Diseases of the rectum; colon; foreign body.

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