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CASE REPORT
Successful removal of strangulating metal penile ring using a dental handpiece
  1. Mabel Okiemute Etetafia1,2,
  2. Charles Onochie Nwajei3
  1. 1Department of Oral/Maxillofacial Surgery, Delta State University Teaching Hospital, Oghara, Nigeria
  2. 2Department of Oral/Maxillofacial Surgery, Delta State University, Abraka, Delta, Nigeria
  3. 3Department of Surgery,Urology Unit, Delta State University Teaching Hospital, Oghara, Delta, Nigeria
  1. Correspondence to Dr Mabel Okiemute Etetafia, etetmabelo2000{at}yahoo.com

Summary

Background Under emergency conditions, the dental handpiece can be a useful tool for removing a strangulating penile ring.

Objective To report the successful use of a dental handpiece (dental drill) to remove a strangulating penile ring in an emergency.

Method A case report of a strangulating metal penile ring in a psychiatric patient who presented at the accident and emergency unit of Delta State University Teaching Hospital.

Result The metal ring was removed using a diamond bur in a dental handpiece.

Conclusions In case of emergency, the dental handpiece is a useful tool for removing a strangulating penile ring.

https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2014-205030

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