Abstract
Lower urinary tract symptoms is a well known presentation of the presence of foreign bodies inside the bladder. Most such cases are diagnosed by chance, while investigating unrelated conditions. We present the transvesical endoscopic extraction of a surgical sponge that migrated to the bladder six years after an inguinal hernioplasty.
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Tornero, J., Palou, J., Prados, M. et al. Bladder perforation caused by foreign body migration. Int Urol Nephrol 32, 241–243 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1007131017611
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