73-YO Man Seeking Pleasure Puts Batteries In His Private Parts, Ends Up In Hospital
In a bizarre case a 73-year-old man from Australia had to seek medical help after three batteries he inserted into his penis got jammed there.
According to the medical case study published in the Urology Case Reports, the elderly man intentionally shoved three button-style batteries into his penis for his own ¡°sexual gratification¡±.
Waited 24 hours before seeking help
Doctors who treated the 73-year-old said that he sought medical help nearly 24 hours after the batteries got stuck there and multiple attempts to pull them out by himself failed, resulting in them getting pushed more and more inside his body.
Doctors diagnosed him with urethral necrosis, which they say was the first ever case to their understanding, was caused by button battery insertion.
What doctors found
When he approached the Emergency Department, the patient had moderate penile pain, severe paraphimosis and obstructive urinary symptoms including weak urinary flow, straining and a sensation of incomplete bladder emptying.
Doctors also noted that the patient had a medical history of erectile dysfunction for 3 years and that he had previously undergone shockwave therapy.
While an X-ray showed the three batteries inside his body, the doctors initially failed to pull them out.
How the batteries were pulled out
Finally, rigid stent grasper forceps were used to remove all three foreign bodies via cystoscopic guidance.?
According to the doctors, all the extracted batteries were coated with black tar-like material.
He was discharged after three days, but 10 days later the elderly man again returned to the hospital complaining of swelling and icky discharge. The surgeons quickly operated on him again. ¡°An incision was made to the penile skin. A large amount of fluids leaked out,¡± the doctors noted.
According to the study, part of the man¡¯s urethra had to be removed.
"Our case demonstrates the damaging effects that button batteries can cause on the genitourinary system and the need for emergent removal to prevent further tissue injury and long-term complications," they noted.
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