Mabel Okiemute Etetafia1, Charles Onochie Nwajei2. 1. Department of Oral/Maxillofacial Surgery, Delta State University Teaching Hospital, Oghara, Nigeria Department of Oral/Maxillofacial Surgery, Delta State University, Abraka, Delta, Nigeria. 2. Department of Surgery,Urology Unit, Delta State University Teaching Hospital, Oghara, Delta, Nigeria.
Abstract
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. 2014 BMJ Publishing Group Ltd.
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 psychiatricpatient 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. 2014 BMJ Publishing Group Ltd.
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