[Urethro-vesical foreign bodies]

[Foreign bodies in the urethra and bladder: our experience]

We report the urethra and bladder foreign bodies seen in our department from 1976 to September 2004. We review the kind of the foreign bodies, the psychological profile of the patient, the clinical findings, diagnosis and treatment. We also review the literature about this matter.

[Intravesical foreign bodies. Review of the literature]

We want to make a literature review about the bladder foreign bodies. This clinical situation is not an usual emergency, but there are a lot of references in urological articles about it. In this article review we want to make a compilation about the symtoms, the different origins of the foreign bodies, and ways of diagnosis and treatment of this pathology. We also want to add our personal experience in a recent case.