• BMJ case reports · Jan 2014

    Case Reports

    Successful removal of strangulating metal penile ring using a dental handpiece.

    • Mabel Okiemute Etetafia and Charles Onochie Nwajei.
    • Department of Oral/Maxillofacial Surgery, Delta State University Teaching Hospital, Oghara, Nigeria Department of Oral/Maxillofacial Surgery, Delta State University, Abraka, Delta, Nigeria.
    • BMJ Case Rep. 2014 Jan 1;2014.

    BackgroundUnder emergency conditions, the dental handpiece can be a useful tool for removing a strangulating penile ring.ObjectiveTo report the successful use of a dental handpiece (dental drill) to remove a strangulating penile ring in an emergency.MethodA 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.ResultThe metal ring was removed using a diamond bur in a dental handpiece.ConclusionsIn case of emergency, the dental handpiece is a useful tool for removing a strangulating penile ring.2014 BMJ Publishing Group Ltd.

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